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Proverbs 17

Pr. 17:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore is there a price
mchiyr (Hebrew #4242)
price, payment, wages
KJV usage: gain, hire, price, sold, worth.
Pronounce: mekk-eer'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to buy
in the hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
of a fool
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
to get
qanah (Hebrew #7069)
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
KJV usage: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
, seeing he hath no heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
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a price.
Pr. 1:22‑23• 22¿Hasta cuándo, oh simples, amaréis la simpleza, Y los burladores desearán el burlar, Y los insensatos aborrecerán la ciencia?
23Volveos á mi reprensión: He aquí yo os derramaré mi espíritu, Y os haré saber mis palabras.
(Pr. 1:22‑23)
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Pr. 8:4‑5• 4Oh hombres, á vosotros clamo; Y mi voz es á los hijos de los hombres.
5Entended, simples, discreción; Y vosotros, locos, entrad en cordura.
(Pr. 8:4‑5)
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Pr. 9:4‑6• 4Cualquiera simple, venga acá. A los faltos de cordura dijo:
5Venid, comed mi pan, Y bebed del vino que yo he templado.
6Dejad las simplezas, y vivid; Y andad por el camino de la inteligencia.
(Pr. 9:4‑6)
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Is. 55:1‑3• 1A todos los sedientos: Venid á las aguas; y los que no tienen dinero, venid, comprad, y comed. Venid, comprad, sin dinero y sin precio, vino y leche.
2¿Por qué gastáis el dinero no en pan, y vuestro trabajo no en hartura? Oidme atentamente, y comed del bien, y deleitaráse vuestra alma con grosura.
3Inclinad vuestros oídos, y venid á mí; oid, y vivirá vuestra alma; y haré con vosotros pacto eterno, las misericordias firmes á David.
(Is. 55:1‑3)
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Hch. 13:46• 46Entonces Pablo y Bernabé, usando de libertad, dijeron: A vosotros á la verdad era menester que se os hablase la palabra de Dios; mas pues que la desecháis, y os juzgáis indignos de la vida eterna, he aquí, nos volvemos á los Gentiles. (Hch. 13:46)
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2 Co. 6:1• 1Y así nosotros, como ayudadores juntamente con él, os exhortamos también á que no recibáis en vano la gracia de Dios, (2 Co. 6:1)
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 It is useless for one who does not set his heart upon the acquisition of wisdom to endeavor to learn it by rote. No price can purchase it, if the senses be not exercised to discern between good and evil. (Proverbs Seventeen by H.A. Ironside)
 See Simon Maus (Acts 8:18, 19). (Proverbs Seventeen by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sensee?

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "void of heart," as ch. 15.21. see ch. 6.32, etc.