Proverbs 17:24

Proverbs chapter 17 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

King James Version · 1611

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

American Standard Version · 1901

Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

v.23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

v.24This passage

v.25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Psalms 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? Forrichescertainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
John 7:17
If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.