A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
Proverbs 17:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A man of understanding sets skillful and godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth. American Standard Version (1901) Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. Common English Bible Wisdom is right in front of those with understanding, but the eyes of fools are off to the edges of the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version Prudence shines from the face of the wise. The eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth. |
A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
A discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
The wise person has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.
Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. ,
Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A person’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.
For everything in the world #– #the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s possessions #– #is not from the Father, but is from the world.