Proverbs 17:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁶Why should fools have a price in hand
to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?

Proverbs 17:16

Common English Bible

¹⁶Why should a fool have money
to pay for wisdom? He has no mind.

²⁴The discerning person looks to wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.^(A)

²⁴Wisdom is right in front of those with understanding,
but the eyes of fools are off to the edges of the earth.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

Common English Bible (CEB)