Proverbs 17:24

New Century Version

The person with understanding is always looking for wisdom, but the mind of a fool wanders everywhere.

Cross References

Psalm 119:37

Keep me from looking at worthless things. Let me live by your word.

Proverbs 14:6

Those who make fun of wisdom look for it and do not find it, but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

Proverbs 15:14

People with understanding want more knowledge, but fools just want more foolishness.

Proverbs 17:25

Foolish children make their father sad and cause their mother great sorrow.

Proverbs 23:5

Wealth can vanish in the wink of an eye. It can seem to grow wings and fly away like an eagle.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wise people see where they are going, but fools walk around in the dark. Yet I saw that both wise and foolish people end the same way.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

It is better to see what you have than to want more. Wanting more is useless— like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

No one is like the wise person who can understand what things mean. Wisdom brings happiness; it makes sad faces happy.

John 7:17

If people choose to do what God wants, they will know that my teaching comes from God and not from me.

1 John 2:16

These are the ways of the world: wanting to please our sinful selves, wanting the sinful things we see, and being too proud of what we have. None of these come from the Father, but all of them come from the world.