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Selected Verse: Proverbs 17:24 - Strong Concordance

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Pr 17:24 Strong Concordance Wisdom [02451] is before him that hath understanding [06440] [0995]; but the eyes [05869] of a fool [03684] are in the ends [07097] of the earth [0776].
  King James Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Wisdom . . . him--ever an object of regard, while a fool's affections are unsettled.
 
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22 But Hannah [02584] went not up [05927]; for she said [0559] unto her husband [0376], I will not go up until the child [05288] be weaned [01580], and then I will bring [0935] him, that he may appear [07200] before [06440] the LORD [03068], and there abide [03427] for [05704] ever [05769].
11 And Elkanah [0511] went [03212] to Ramah [07414] to his house [01004]. And the child [05288] did [01961] minister [08334] unto the LORD [03068] before [06440] Eli [05941] the priest [03548].
18 And Jacob [03290] came [0935] to Shalem [08004], a city [05892] of Shechem [07927], which is in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], when he came [0935] from Padanaram [06307]; and pitched his tent [02583] before [06440] the city [05892].
6 A scorner [03887] seeketh [01245] wisdom [02451], and findeth it not: but knowledge [01847] is easy [07043] unto him that understandeth [0995].
14 The heart [03820] of him that hath understanding [0995] seeketh [01245] knowledge [01847]: but the mouth [06310] [06440] of fools [03684] feedeth [07462] on foolishness [0200].
11 For this commandment [04687] which I command [06680] thee this day [03117], it is not hidden [06381] from thee, neither is it far off [07350].
12 It is not in heaven [08064], that thou shouldest say [0559], Who shall go up [05927] for us to heaven [08064], and bring [03947] it unto us, that we may hear [08085] it, and do [06213] it?
13 Neither is it beyond [05676] the sea [03220], that thou shouldest say [0559], Who shall go [05674] over [05676] the sea [03220] for us, and bring [03947] it unto us, that we may hear [08085] it, and do [06213] it?
14 But the word [01697] is very [03966] nigh [07138] unto thee, in thy mouth [06310], and in thy heart [03824], that thou mayest do [06213] it.