Proverbs 17:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁴ Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes  roam to the ends of the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ A man of understanding sets skillful and godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁴ Wisdom is right in front of those with understanding, but the eyes of fools are off to the edges of the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Prudence shines from the face of the wise. The eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:24 Cross References

Proverbs 14:6

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

Proverbs 15:14

A discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.

Proverbs 23:5

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise person has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better what the eyes see than wandering desire.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.  ,

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A person’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

John 7:17

If anyone wants to do his will,   he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

1 John 2:16

For everything in the world #– #the lust of the flesh,  the lust of the eyes,  and the pride  in one’s possessions #– #is not from the Father, but is from the world.