Proverbs 17:16

Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

Cross References (15)

  • Proverbs 21:25–26 (7)

    The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

  • Proverbs 23:23 (6)

    Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

  • Proverbs 18:15 (4)

    The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.

  • Acts 28:26–27 (4)

    ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiv

  • Deuteronomy 5:29 (4)

    If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and wit

  • Proverbs 8:4–5 (4)

    “To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:1 (3)

    As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

  • Proverbs 14:6 (2)

    A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

  • John 3:20 (2)

    Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

  • Proverbs 9:4–6 (2)

    “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

  • Hosea 4:11 (2)

    to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

  • Acts 13:46 (2)

    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reje

  • Isaiah 55:1–3 (2)

    “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk w

  • Proverbs 1:22–23 (2)

    “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate k

  • Psalms 81:11–13 (2)

    But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.