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Proverbs 17:24 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 17 · verse 24
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.Proverbs 17:24 · King James Version
Proverbs 17:24 in context
22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
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Key words (Strong's)
- understandingpânîymthe faceH6440 →
- understandingbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- WisdomchokmâhwisdomH2451 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- foolkᵉçîylproperly, fatH3684 →
- endsqâtsehan extremityH7097 →
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Note, 1. He is to be reckoned an intelligent man that not only has wisdom, but has it ready when he has occasion for it. He lays his wisdom before him, as his card and compass which he steers by, has his eye always upon it, as he that writes has on his copy; and then he has it before him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary