Proverbs 17:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price. 2 Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure. 3 Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.
  • John 3:20 : 20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 27 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
  • Deut 5:29 : 29 If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!
  • Ps 81:11-13 : 11 But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me. 12 So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes. 13 If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge? 23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
  • Prov 8:4-5 : 4 I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men. 5 Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says: 5 Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed. 6 Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
  • Prov 18:15 : 15 The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work. 26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

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%

    24 Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 18:2
    79%

    2 A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

    33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 16:22
    77%

    22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6 The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

    7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

    8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Prov 14:24
    77%

    24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Prov 13:16
    77%

    16 A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 15:14
    76%

    14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

    15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Prov 24:7
    76%

    7 Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

  • Prov 15:7
    76%

    7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

  • Prov 19:3
    76%

    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2 The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong.

    3 And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • Prov 15:21
    75%

    21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

    5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

  • Prov 17:21
    75%

    21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Eccl 6:8
    75%

    8 What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

  • Prov 23:9
    75%

    9 Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 26:12
    75%

    12 Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Eccl 10:15
    74%

    15 The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

    1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

    20 There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

  • Eccl 7:25
    74%

    25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

  • Prov 10:23
    74%

    23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

  • Prov 12:23
    74%

    23 A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5 Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

  • Ps 92:6
    74%

    6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Prov 17:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

    18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

  • Prov 26:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

    10 Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

    5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

  • Prov 15:2
    73%

    2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Prov 14:3
    73%

    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Job 28:12
    73%

    12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Eccl 2:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

    16 Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

  • Prov 29:20
    73%

    20 Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

  • Eccl 7:7
    73%

    7 The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

  • Ps 94:8
    73%

    8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

  • Job 28:20
    73%

    20 From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Prov 10:14
    72%

    14 Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs: