Proverbs 17:16

New International Version

¹⁶Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
when they are not able to understand it?^(A)

Proverbs 17:16

King James Version

¹⁶Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

²⁴A discerning person keeps wisdom in view,
but a fool’s eyes^(A) wander to the ends of the earth.

²⁴Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

New International Version (NIV)