Proverbs 17:24

The English Standar Version

The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Cross References

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.

Proverbs 14:6

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

Proverbs 15:14

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

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 23:5

When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

John 7:17

If anyone's will is to do God's[5] will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world -- the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions -- is not from the Father but is from the world.