Parallel Bible results for "proverbs 17:16"

Proverbs 17:16

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16 Why [is] this? A price in the hand of a fool, [in order] to buy wisdom where there is no {sense}.
16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?
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