Proverbs 17:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁴ A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on 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 Krydshenvisninger

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; and give me life in thy ways.

Proverbs 14:6

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

Proverbs 15:14

The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 23:5

When your eyes light upon it, it is gone; for suddenly it takes to itself wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I perceived that one fate comes to all of them.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his countenance is changed.

John 7:17

if any man's will is to do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world.