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Amsal 17:16
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Apakah gunanya uang di tangan orang bebal untuk membeli hikmat, sedang ia tidak berakal budi?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a price: Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:23, Proverbs 8:4, Proverbs 8:5, Proverbs 9:4-6, Isaiah 55:1-3, Acts 13:46, 2 Corinthians 6:1
seeing: Proverbs 14:6, Proverbs 18:15, Proverbs 21:25, Proverbs 21:26, Deuteronomy 5:29, Psalms 81:11-13, Hosea 4:11, John 3:20, Acts 28:26, Acts 28:27
Reciprocal: Psalms 111:2 - that have Proverbs 4:5 - Get wisdom Proverbs 10:21 - wisdom Proverbs 15:32 - getteth understanding Proverbs 18:2 - fool Proverbs 19:8 - wisdom Proverbs 23:23 - Buy Ecclesiastes 10:2 - but Jeremiah 5:21 - understanding Hosea 7:11 - without Matthew 13:19 - and understandeth Matthew 13:44 - like Luke 7:32 - are Luke 7:35 - General Romans 1:28 - as they did 2 Peter 3:5 - they willingly
Cross-References
And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth.
And I will make of thee a great people, and wyll blesse thee, and make thy name great, that thou shalt be [euen] a blessyng.
I wyll make thee exceedyng fruitefull, and wyll make nations of thee, yea and kynges shall spryng out of thee.
This is my couenaunt which ye shall kepe betweene me & you, and thy seede after thee: euery man chylde among you shalbe circumcised.
And the vncircumcised manchylde, in whose fleshe the foreskyn is not circumcised, that soule shalbe cut of from his people, because he hath broken my couenaunt.
The selfe same day was Abraham circumcised and Ismael his sonne.
And they blessed Rebecca, and sayde vnto her: thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousandes, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies.
And God sayd vnto him: I am God almightie, be fruitefull and multiplie: a nation, and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, yea and kinges shall come out of thy loynes.
For kynges shalbe thy nursyng fathers, and queenes shalbe thy nursyng mothers: They shall fall before thee with their faces flat vpon the earth, & lick vp the dust of thy feete: that thou mayest knowe howe that I am the Lorde, and that who so putteth their trust in me shall not be confounded.
For this is a worde of promise: About this tyme wyll I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,.... Natural wisdom and knowledge. By this "price" may be meant money, riches, worldly substance, of which a foolish man is possessed; by means of which he might purchase useful books for the improvement of his mind, and procure himself instructors that might be very useful to him; but instead of seeking after that which he most wants, and making use of his substance to furnish him with it, he spends it on his back and belly, in fine clothes and luxurious living; in rioting and drunkenness, in chambering and wantonness, at balls and plays, in taverns and brothel houses: or spiritual wisdom and knowledge; the means of which are reading the word, hearing the Gospel, frequent opportunities of attendance on a Gospel ministry, in season and out of season, and conversation with Gospel ministers and other Christians; but, instead of making use of these, he neglects, slights, and despises them. And it is asked, with some degree of indignation and admiration, why or to what purpose a fool is favoured with such means;
seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]? to wisdom; he does not desire it, nor to make use of the price or means, in order to obtain it; all is lost upon him; and it is hard to account for it why he should have this price, when he makes such an ill use of it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
More literally: Why is there a price in the hand of a fool? Is it to get wisdom when he has no heart for it? No money will avail without the understanding heart.
