THEOSISProverbs 17:24Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.
אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י מֵבִ֣ין חָכְמָ֑ה וְעֵינֵ֥י כְ֝סִ֗יל בִּקְצֵה־אָֽרֶץ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Eccl 2:14The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.
- Eccl 8:1The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty will change his face.
- Prov 14:6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.
- Ps 119 (118):37
- Eccl 6:9Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
- Prov 23:5Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
- John 7:17If any man will do the will of him, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
- 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world is the concupiscence of the flesh and the concupiscence of the eyes and the pride of life, which is not of the Father but is of the world.