Proverbs 17:16 Cross References - YLT

¹⁶ Why is this—a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

²⁹ O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons—to the age!

¹¹ But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me. ¹² And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels. ¹³ O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.

²² `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge? ²³ Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.

⁴ `Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice is unto the sons of men. ⁵ Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

⁴ `Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him, <sup>5</sup> `Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled. ⁶ Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

⁶ A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent is easy.

¹⁵ The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

²⁵ The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work. ²⁶ All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

²³ Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

¹ Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk. ² Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness. ³ Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hear, and your soul doth live, And I make for you a covenant age-during, The kind acts of David—that are stedfast.

¹¹ Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,

²⁰ for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

⁴⁶ And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, `To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;

²⁶ saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive, ²⁷ for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may heal them.

¹ And working together also we call upon you that ye receive not in vain the grace of God—