Proverbs 17:24

²² A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

²³ A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

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

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

²⁶ Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
KJV: Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
WEB: Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
ASV: Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
DARBY: Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
BLB: With the face of a discerning one [is] wisdom and the eyes of a fool [are] at the end of the earth.

ÅB: Den forstandige har visdommen for øye, men dårens øyne er ved jordens ende.
OTB: Visdom er i nærvær av den som har forstand, men øynene til en dåre vandrer til jordens ender.
B1930: Den forstandige har visdommen for øie, men dårens øine er ved jordens ende.

Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
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Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
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Proverbs 14:6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
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Psalms 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
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Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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John 7:17
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
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