Verse 16

Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Purchase trueth, wysdome, nurture, and vnderstanding, and sell them not.
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 Come to the waters all ye that be thirstie, and ye that haue no money, come, bye, that ye may haue to eate: Come, bye wine and mylke without any money or money worth. 2 Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse. 3 Encline your eares and come vnto me, take heede I say and your soule shall lyue: For I wyll make an euerlastyng couenaunt with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Whordome, wine, and newe wine, take the heart away.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas wared bolde, and sayde: It was meete that the worde of God shoulde first haue ben spoken to you: but seeyng ye put it from you, and thynke your selues vnworthy of euerlastyng lyfe, loe, we turne to the Gentiles,
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 Saying: Go vnto this people, and say, with your eares shall ye heare, and shall not vnderstande: and with your eyes shall ye see, and not perceaue. 27 For the heart of this people is waxed grosse, & their eares are dull of hearing, and their eyes haue they closed: lest they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstande with their heartes, and shoulde be conuerted, and I shoulde heale them.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We also as helpers exhorte you, that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne.
  • Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that there were such an heart in them that they woulde feare me, & kepe all my comaundementes alway, that it myght go well with them, and with their childen for euer?
  • Ps 81:11-13 : 11 But my people woulde not heare my voyce: and Israel would not obey me. 12 So I gaue them vp vnto the wicked cogitations of their owne heartes: and I did let them folowe their owne imaginations. 13 O that my people woulde haue hearkened vnto me: O that Israel had walked in my wayes.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge? 23 O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes.
  • Prov 8:4-5 : 4 It is you O ye men saith she whom I call, vnto the chyldren of men do I lyft vp my voyce. 5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said, 5 O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine whiche I haue powred out for you. 6 Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.
  • Prov 18:15 : 15 A wise heart possesseth knowledge, & a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the slouthfull kylleth him: for his handes wyll not labour. 26 He coueteth greedyly all day long: but the righteous geueth and spareth not.