Proverbs 17:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Why should fools have money for an education when they refuse to learn?

Cross References

Proverbs 23:23

Invest in truth and wisdom, discipline and good sense, and don't part with them.

Proverbs 18:15

Everyone with good sense wants to learn.

2 Corinthians 6:1

We work together with God, and we beg you to make good use of God's kindness to you.

Deuteronomy 5:29

I wish they would always worship me with fear and trembling and be this willing to obey me! Then they and their children would always enjoy a successful life.

Acts 13:46

But Paul and Barnabas bravely said: We had to tell God's message to you before we told it to anyone else. But you rejected the message! This proves that you don't deserve eternal life. Now we are going to the Gentiles.

John 3:20

People who do evil hate the light and won't come to the light, because it clearly shows what they have done.

Hosea 4:11

and have been unfaithful to me, their LORD. My people, you are foolish because of too much pleasure and too much wine.

Proverbs 14:6

Make fun of wisdom, and you will never find it. But if you have understanding, knowledge comes easily.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too much for fools! Their advice is no good.