Proverbs 17:16
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What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.

Proverbs 1:22,23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words. . . .

Proverbs 8:4,5 O little ones understand subtlety, and ye unwise, take notice. . . .

Proverbs 9:4-6 Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you. . . .

Isaiah 55:1-3 All you that thirst, come to the waters: and you that have no money make haste, buy, and eat: come ye, buy wine and milk without money, and without any price. . . .

Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: but because you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles.

2 Corinthians 6:1 And we helping do exhort you that you receive not the grace of God in vain.

seeing

Proverbs 14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.

Proverbs 18:15 A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.

Proverbs 21:25,26 Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at all. . . .

Deuteronomy 5:29 Who shall give them to have such a mind, to fear me, and to keep all my commandments at all times, that it may be well with them and with their children for ever?

Psalm 81:11-13 But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me. . . .

Hosea 4:11 Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, take away the understanding.

John 3:20 For every one that doth evil hateth the light and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.

Acts 28:26,27 Saying: Go to this people and say to them: With the ear you shall hear and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see and shall not perceive. . . .

Context
Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness
15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God. 16What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.17He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.…
Cross References
Proverbs 23:23
Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he shall not open his mouth.

Lexicon
Why
לָמָּה־ (lām·māh-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

should the fool
כְּסִ֑יל (kə·sîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

have money
מְחִ֣יר (mə·ḥîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4242: Price, payment, wages

in his hand
בְּיַד־ (bə·yaḏ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

with no
אָֽיִן׃ (’ā·yin)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

intention
וְלֶב־ (wə·leḇ-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

of buying
לִקְנ֖וֹת (liq·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own

wisdom?
חָכְמָ֣ה (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2451: Wisdom


Additional Translations
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart to it?

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.

To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he] hath no sense?

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

Why is this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
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