Proverbs 17:16

Webster's Bible (1833)

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he has no understanding?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth, and don't sell it: Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come you to the waters, and he who has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Turn your ear, and come to 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 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary that God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, But will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, But will in no way perceive. 27 For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And would turn again, And I would heal them.'
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 Working together, we entreat also that you not receive 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 forever!
  • Ps 81:11-13 : 11 But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people would listen to me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, And fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
  • Prov 8:4-5 : 4 "To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind. 5 You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him, 5 "Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed! 6 Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, But knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
  • Prov 18:15 : 15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
  • Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the sluggard kills him, For his hands refuse to labor. 26 There are those who covet greedily all the day long; But the righteous give and don't withhold.

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 one who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

    25 A foolish son brings grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 18:2
    79%

    2 A fool has no delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own opinion.

  • Prov 14:33
    78%

    33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, And is even made known in the inward part of fools.

  • Prov 16:22
    77%

    22 Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, But the punishment of fools is their folly.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, But knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

    7 Stay away from a foolish man, For you won't find knowledge on his lips.

    8 The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 14:24
    77%

    24 The crown of the wise is their riches, But the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

  • Prov 13:16
    77%

    16 Every prudent man acts from knowledge, But a fool exposes folly.

  • Prov 15:14
    76%

    14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouths of fools feed on folly.

  • Prov 12:15
    76%

    15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who is wise listens to counsel.

  • Prov 24:7
    76%

    7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: He doesn't open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 15:7
    76%

    7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; Not so with the heart of fools.

  • Prov 19:3
    76%

    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; His heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

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

    3 Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Prov 15:21
    75%

    21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, But a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.

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

  • Prov 17:21
    75%

    21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

  • Eccl 6:8
    75%

    8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

  • Prov 23:9
    75%

    9 Don't speak in the ears of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 26:12
    75%

    12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

    5 A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Eccl 10:15
    74%

    15 The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

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

  • Prov 21:20
    74%

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

  • Eccl 7:25
    74%

    25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

  • Prov 10:23
    74%

    23 It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, But wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.

  • Prov 12:23
    74%

    23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, But the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5 You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Ps 92:6
    74%

    6 A senseless man doesn't know, Neither does a fool understand this:

  • Prov 17:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

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

    18 A man void of understanding strikes hands, And becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Prov 26:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10 As an archer who wounds all, So is he who hires a fool Or he who hires those who pass by.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Prov 15:2
    73%

    2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, But the mouth of fools gush out folly.

  • Prov 14:3
    73%

    3 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, But the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Job 28:12
    73%

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

  • Eccl 2:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 Then said I in my heart, "As it happens 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.

    16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

  • Prov 29:20
    73%

    20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Eccl 7:7
    73%

    7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

  • Ps 94:8
    73%

    8 Consider, you senseless among the people; You fools, when will you be wise?

  • Job 28:20
    73%

    20 Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?

  • Prov 10:14
    72%

    14 Wise men lay up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

    19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."

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