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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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gain, hire, price, sold, worth,
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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,{HR}And scorners delight them in scorning,{HR}And fools hate wisdom?
 23Turn you at my reproof:{HR}Behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you,{HR}I will make known my words unto you. (Prov. 1:22‑23)
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Prov. 8:4‑5• 4To you, O men, I call,{HR}And my voice [is] to the sons of man.
 5O ye simple, understand prudence;{HR}And, ye foolish, be of understanding heart. (Prov. 8:4‑5)
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Prov. 9:4‑6• 4Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither.{HR}To him that is void of understanding she saith,
 5Come, eat ye of my bread,{HR}And drink of the wine I have mingled.
 6Forsake follies and live,{HR}And go in the way of understanding. (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 weigh 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 out boldly and said, For you it was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken; but since ye thrust it from you and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn unto the Gentiles. (Acts 13:46)
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2 Cor. 6:1• 1And working together we also beseech that ye receive not in vain the grace of God (2 Cor. 6:1)
seeing.
Prov. 14:6• 6A scorner seeketh wisdom;{HR}And [there is] none for him;{HR}But knowledge [is] easy to the intelligent. (Prov. 14:6)
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Prov. 18:15• 15The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge,{HR}And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. (Prov. 18:15)
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Prov. 21:25‑26• 25The longing of the sluggard killeth him;{HR}For his hands refuse to work.
 26He longeth greedily all the day;{HR}But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not. (Prov. 21:25‑26)
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Deut. 5:29• 29{i}Oh 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!{/i} (Deut. 5:29)
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Psa. 81:11‑13• 11And my people hearkened not to my voice,{HR}And Israel would none of me.
 12And I gave them up to the revolting of their heart,{HR}That they might walk in their own counsels.
 13O that my people would hearken unto me,{HR}That Israel would walk in my ways! (Psa. 81:11‑13)
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Hos. 4:11• 11{i}Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart{/i}. (Hos. 4:11)
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John 3:20• 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light lest his works should be convicted; (John 3:20)
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Acts 28:26‑27• 26saying, Go unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear and in no wise understand, with seeing ye shall see and in no wise perceive.
 27For the heart of this people became gross, and with [their] ears they became dull of hearing, and [their] eyes have they closed, lest they should see with [their] eyes and hear with [their] ears and understand with the heart, and return, 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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aWherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,{HR}Seeing [he is] void of sense?

WK Translation Notes

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Or, hath no heart.