Proverbs 17:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; [Yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 27 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 And working together [with him] we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
  • Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
  • Ps 81:11-13 : 11 But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me. 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
  • Prov 8:4-5 : 4 Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men. 5 O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
  • Prov 18:15 : 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor. 26 There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    80%

    24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 18:2
    79%

    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • Prov 16:22
    77%

    22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

    7Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 14:24
    77%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.

  • Prov 13:16
    77%

    16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly.

  • Prov 15:14
    76%

    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

  • Prov 24:7
    76%

    7Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 15:7
    76%

    7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

  • Prov 19:3
    76%

    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

    3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

  • Prov 15:21
    75%

    21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 17:21
    75%

    21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Eccl 6:8
    75%

    8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

  • Prov 23:9
    75%

    9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 26:12
    75%

    12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Eccl 10:15
    74%

    15The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

    20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

  • Eccl 7:25
    74%

    25I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

  • Prov 10:23
    74%

    23It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

  • Prov 12:23
    74%

    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Ps 92:6
    74%

    6A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

  • Prov 17:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

    18A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Prov 26:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9[ As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10[As] an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 15:2
    73%

    2The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

  • Prov 14:3
    73%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Job 28:12
    73%

    12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

  • Eccl 2:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

    16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

  • Prov 29:20
    73%

    20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Eccl 7:7
    73%

    7Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

  • Ps 94:8
    73%

    8Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  • Job 28:20
    73%

    20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 10:14
    72%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

    19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness: