Proverbs 17:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 Ho, euery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and ye that haue no siluer, come, bye and eate: come, I say, bye wine and milke without siluer and without money. 2 Wherefore doe ye lay out siluer and not for bread? and your labour without being satisfied? hearken diligently vnto me, and eate that which is good, and let your soule delite in fatnes. 3 Encline your eares, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shal liue, and I will make an euerlasting couenant with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Whoredome, and wine, and newe wine take away their heart.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas spake boldly, and sayde, It was necessarie that the woorde of God shoulde first haue beene spoken vnto you: but seeing yee put it from you, and iudge your selues vnworthie of euerlasting life, loe, we turne to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, & shal not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue. 27 For the heart of this people is waxed fatte, and their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes haue they winked, least they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heartes, and should returne that I might heale them.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 So we therefore as workers together beseech you, that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine.
  • Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that there were such an heart in them to feare me, & to keepe all my commandements alway: that it might go well with them, and with their children for euer.
  • Ps 81:11-13 : 11 But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gaue them vp vnto the hardnes of their heart, & they haue walked in their owne cousels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge? 23 (Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)
  • Prov 8:4-5 : 4 O men, I call vnto you, and vtter my voyce to the children of men. 5 O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, she sayth, 5 Come, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen. 6 Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
  • Prov 18:15 : 15 A wise heart getteth knowledge, and the eare of the wise seeketh learning.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke. 26 He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    80%

    24Wisdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the corners of the world.

    25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Prov 18:2
    79%

    2A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Prov 16:22
    77%

    22Vnderstading is welspring of life vnto them that haue it: and the instruction of fooles is folly.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

    7Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

  • Prov 14:24
    77%

    24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • Prov 13:16
    77%

    16Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

  • Prov 15:14
    76%

    14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

    15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

  • Prov 24:7
    76%

    7Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 15:7
    76%

    7The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.

  • Prov 19:3
    76%

    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2The heart of a wise man is at his right hand: but the heart of a foole is at his left hand.

    3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • Prov 15:21
    75%

    21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

  • Prov 17:21
    75%

    21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Eccl 6:8
    75%

    8For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

  • Prov 23:9
    75%

    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 26:12
    75%

    12Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

    5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Eccl 10:15
    74%

    15The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

    1Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

    20In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.

  • Eccl 7:25
    74%

    25(7:27) I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,

  • Prov 10:23
    74%

    23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

  • Prov 12:23
    74%

    23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.

  • Ps 92:6
    74%

    6An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,

  • Prov 17:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17A friende loueth at all times: and a brother is borne for aduersitie.

    18A man destitute of vnderstanding, toucheth the hande, and becommeth suretie for his neighbour.

  • Prov 26:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9As a thorne standing vp in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.

    10The excellent that formed all things, both rewardeth the foole & rewardeth the transgressers.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4(7:6) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.

    5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

  • Prov 15:2
    73%

    2The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 14:3
    73%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • Job 28:12
    73%

    12But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

  • Eccl 2:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.

    16For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

  • Prov 29:20
    73%

    20Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.

  • Eccl 7:7
    73%

    7(7:9) Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and the rewarde destroyeth the heart.

  • Ps 94:8
    73%

    8Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?

  • Job 28:20
    73%

    20Whence then commeth wisedome? And where is the place of vnderstanding,

  • Prov 10:14
    72%

    14Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

    19For the wisdome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse.