Proverbs 17:16

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:16

Albert 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 unders...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Why [is there] a (g) price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]? (g) What good does it do the wicked to be rich, s...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 1...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Wherefore is there. price, &c. . Why is this ready money in the hand of. fool to get wisdom when he has no sense? Illustrations: Israel ( 2 Chro...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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? Houbig...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? Wherefore (is there) a price (literally, this...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanie...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Money cannot buy it if the mind is indisposed to it.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wherefore is there a price ... — He will still remain a fool, though he has paid high for instruction, if he has no capacity for taking it in.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the ma...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hat...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dro...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ea...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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, wor...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]? Ver. 16. Wherefore is there a price in the ha...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool , &c. The Hebrew is literally, Wherefore is this? A price in the hand of a fool to procure wis...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? Two things are here spoken o...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wherefore? the question implies that it is unworthily placed, and that it is to no purpose or benefit of the possessor. A price; possessions or r...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Follies Of The Fool ( Proverbs 17:8-16 ). The previous subsection ended with reference to the nabal (fool), and this now leads on to considera...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ways Of The Fool ( Proverbs 17:16-23 ). The main emphasis in this subsection is on the ways of the fool ( Proverbs 17:16 ; Proverbs 17:21 ),...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:16 NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES I. One of the uses which ought to be made of wealth . Men ought to use it to “get wi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the fu...
The Biblical Illustrator

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? Opportunities of youth The term “fool” is not used...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 16. Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, believing that money will purchase knowledge or earthly gold, understanding,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 6:1 ; Acts 13:46 ; Acts 28:26 ; Acts 28:27 ; Deuteronomy 5:29 ; Hosea 4:11 ; Isaiah 55:1-3 ; John 3:20 ; Proverbs 1:22 ; Prov...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A price — Opportunities and abilities of getting it. No heart — Neither discretion to discern the worth of wisdom, nor any sincere desire to get it...

¹⁶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 17:16