16 Why 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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Why לָמָּה־ H4100 Interrogative . . . זֶּ֣ה H2088 Pronoun - masculine singular should the fool כְּסִ֑יל H3684 Noun - masculine singular have money מְחִ֣יר H4242 Noun - masculine singular in his hand בְּיַד־ H3027 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct with no אָֽיִן׃ H369 Adverb intention וְלֶב־ H3820 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of buying לִקְנ֖וֹת H7069 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct wisdom חָכְמָ֣ה H2451 Noun - feminine singular