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Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a dullard? that he who is without sense, may acquire wisdom.
Proverbs 17:16 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 17:16 in other translations
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
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In context
13 He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14 A letting forth of water, is the beginning of strife, therefore, before it breaketh out, abandon, contention.
15 He that justifieth the lawless, and he that condemneth the righteous, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a dullard? that he who is without sense, may acquire wisdom.
17 At all times, doth a friend love, and, a brother for distress, must be born.
18 A man lacking sense, is one who striketh hands, giving security, before his neighbour.
19 A lover of transgression, is one who loveth strife, he that heighteneth his door, seeketh grievous harm.
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