Proverbs 17:24
The face of the intelligent [is] to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool — at the end of the earth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
In Context
23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
25A provocation to his father [is] a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
Cross References
Psalms 119:37Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
Proverbs 15:14The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise! — his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who [is] as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
1 John 2:16because all that [is] in the world — the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life — is not of the Father, but of the world,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:24
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. See here, 1. What an evil thing bribery is: He is a wicked man that will take a gift to engage him to give a false testimony, verdict, or judgment; when he does it he is ashamed of it, for he takes it, with all the secresy imaginable, out of the bosom where he knows it is laid ready for him; it is industriously concealed, and so slyly that, if he could, he would hide it from his own conscience. A gift is taken out of the bosom of a… Read the whole commentary →