24 Wisdom 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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Wisdom חָכְמָ֑ה H2451 Noun - feminine singular vvv אֶת־ H854 Preposition is the focus פְּנֵ֣י H6440 Noun - common plural construct of the discerning מֵבִ֣ין H995 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular but the eyes וְעֵינֵ֥י H5869 Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc of a fool כְ֝סִ֗יל H3684 Noun - masculine singular wander to the ends בִּקְצֵה־ H7097 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the earth אָֽרֶץ׃ H776 Noun - feminine singular