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Proverbs 17

Prov. 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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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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a price.
Prov. 1:22‑23• 22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
 23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words. (Prov. 1:22‑23)
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Prov. 8:4‑5• 4Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man:
 5O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense. (Prov. 8:4‑5)
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Prov. 9:4‑6• 4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,
 5Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
 6Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence. (Prov. 9:4‑6)
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Isa. 55:1‑3• 1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat: yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price!
 2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
 3Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David. (Isa. 55:1‑3)
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Acts 13:46• 46And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations; (Acts 13:46)
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2 Cor. 6:1• 1But as fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain: (2 Cor. 6:1)
seeing.
Prov. 14:6• 6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none for him; but knowledge is easy unto the intelligent. (Prov. 14:6)
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Prov. 18:15• 15The heart of an intelligent man getteth knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. (Prov. 18:15)
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Prov. 21:25‑26• 25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:
 26He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not. (Prov. 21:25‑26)
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Deut. 5:29• 29Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments continually, that it might be well with them and with their sons for ever! (Deut. 5:29)
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Psa. 81:11‑13• 11But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
 12So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.
 13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways! (Psa. 81:11‑13)
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Hos. 4:11• 11Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart. (Hos. 4:11)
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John 3:20• 20For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are; (John 3:20)
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Acts 28:26‑27• 26saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear and not understand, and seeing ye shall see and not perceive.
 27For the heart of this people has become fat, and they hear heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. (Acts 28:26‑27)
• 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.