Proverbs 17:24

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

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 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.

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.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

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

Proverbs 14:6

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

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.

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.

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.