Proverbs 17:16
14 To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Hva hjelper penger i dårens hånd til å kjøpe visdom, siden han er uten forstand?
- OTB
- Hvorfor skulle en dåre ha penger til å kjøpe visdom når han ikke har forstand?
- B1930
- Hvad hjelper penger i dårens hånd til å kjøpe visdom, siden han er uten forstand?
- BSB
- Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
- KJV
- Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
- WEB
- Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
- ASV
- Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
- DARBY
- To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he] hath no sense?
- BLB
- Why [is] [is] this a payment in the hand of a fool, to buy wisdom without a heart?
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Kryssreferanser
Proverbs 21:25–26
The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 23:23
Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 8:4–5
“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 18:15
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
Les i sammenhengActs 28:26–27
‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
Les i sammenhengDeuteronomy 5:29
If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
Les i sammenheng2 Corinthians 6:1
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Les i sammenhengJohn 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
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