Proverbs 17:24 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ 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)

²⁴ 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

²⁴ 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

²⁴ 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

²⁴ Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.

English Standard Version 2016

²⁴ The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:24 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 119:37

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; And quicken thou me in thy way.

Proverbs 14:6

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

Proverbs 15:14

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: But the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

John 7:17

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

1 John 2:16

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