Bible verses · Proverbs · KJV
Proverbs 17:16
“Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?”
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“Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?”Proverbs 17:16
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15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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More verses from Proverbs
Proverbs 17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.Proverbs 17:9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.Proverbs 17:20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
In Latin · Latin Vulgate (Clementine)
“Quid prodest stulto habere divitias, cum sapientiam emere non possit? Qui altum facit domum suam quærit ruinam, et qui evitat discere incidet in mala.”Proverbia 17:16
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