Wherefore is there a price, &c.— What would it profit a fool to have that wherewith he might purchase wisdom, whilst he hath no heart? Houbigant. No discretion to discern the worth of wisdom, no desire to gain it, no understanding to use it properly?
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Proverbs 17:16
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?