Proverbs 17:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?”
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“Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Why <FI>is<Fi> this--a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 17:16 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
- Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:4“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
- Proverbs 9:4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
- Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
- Proverbs 18:15The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
- Proverbs 21:25The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
- Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
- Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
- Acts 28:26‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
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