Proverbs 17:24

New International Version

A discerning person keeps wisdom in view, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

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Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.

The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.

Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Who is like the wise? Who knows the explanation of things? A person’s wisdom brightens their face and changes its hard appearance.

Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.