24Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:24
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 24
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Wisdomחָכְמָ֑הH2451Noun - feminine singularvvvאֶת־H854Prepositionis the focusפְּנֵ֣יH6440Noun - common plural constructof the discerningמֵבִ֣יןH995Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularbut the eyesוְעֵינֵ֥יH5869Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdcof a foolכְ֝סִ֗ילH3684Noun - masculine singularwander to the endsבִּקְצֵה־H7097Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof the earthאָֽרֶץ׃H776Noun - feminine singular