“Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.”
Proverbs 17:24 (KJV) |
Proverbs 17:24
From Proverbs 17, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.