Bible verse
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
Proverbs 17:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 17.
12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
14 To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
16 Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
KJV
Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
ASV
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
ERV
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?
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