Proverbs 17:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The discerning person looks to wisdom, but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.

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Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; be gracious to me according to your word.

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for one who understands.

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

Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.

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

The wise have eyes in their head, but fools walk in darkness. Yet I perceived that the same fate befalls all of them.

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

Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? Being wise makes one’s face shine, but arrogance changes one’s face.

Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.