16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:16
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 16
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Whyלָמָּה־H4100Interrogative. . .זֶּ֣הH2088Pronoun - masculine singularshould the foolכְּסִ֑ילH3684Noun - masculine singularhave moneyמְחִ֣ירH4242Noun - masculine singularin his handבְּיַד־H3027Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructwith noאָֽיִן׃H369Adverbintentionוְלֶב־H3820Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof buyingלִקְנ֖וֹתH7069Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructwisdomחָכְמָ֣הH2451Noun - feminine singular