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Proverbs 17:24
Proverbs 17:24 is verse 24 of Proverbs chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
King James Version
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
World English Bible
Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
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Proverbs 17:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
23 A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
24 Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
26 It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
Proverbs 15:14A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Ecclesiastes 6:9Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.