Proverbs 17:24

The Scriptures 1998

Wisdom is before the face of the understanding one, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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Turn away my eyes from looking at falsehood, And revive me in Your way.

A scoffer shall seek wisdom but find none, But knowledge is swift to him who has understanding.

The heart of the understanding one seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

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

Do you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle to the heavens.

The wise one’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And I also knew that one event befalls them all.

What the eyes see is better than what the desire goes after. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

Who is like a wise one? And who knows the meaning of a matter? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

“If anyone desires to do His desire, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is from Elohim, or whether I speak from Myself.

Because all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world.