Proverbs 17:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, Seeing he hath no heart to it?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom–when he has no understanding or heart for it?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Why should a fool have money to pay for wisdom? He has no mind.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ What does it profit the foolish to have riches, when he is not able to buy wisdom? Whoever makes his house high seeks ruin. And whoever shuns learning shall fall into evils.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.

Proverbs 17:16 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 14:6

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

Proverbs 18:15

The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it.

Proverbs 23:23

Buy #– #and do not sell #– #truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is inaccessible to   a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.

Hosea 4:11

Promiscuity,  wine, and new wine take away one’s understanding.

John 3:20

For everyone who does evil hates   the light and avoids it,   so that his deeds   may not be exposed.

Acts 13:46

Paul and Barnabas boldly replied, ‘It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Working together with him, we also appeal to you, ‘Don’t receive the grace of God in vain.’

Deuteronomy 5:29

If only they had such a heart to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that they and their children would prosper for ever.