Proverbs 17:16

Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
KJV · King James Version
Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
WEB · World English Bible
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

a price
Proverbs 1:22, 23; Proverbs 8:4, 5; Proverbs 9:4–6; Isaiah 55:1–3; Acts 13:46; 2 Corinthians 6:1
seeing
Proverbs 14:6; Proverbs 18:15; Proverbs 21:25, 26; Deuteronomy 5:29; Psalm 81:11–13; Hosea 4:11; John 3:20; Acts 28:26, 27