Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness.


Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

Proverbs 14:6

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

Proverbs 15:14

A discerning mind seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in Your ways.

Proverbs 23:5

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

John 7:17

If anyone wants to do His will, he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own.

1 John 2:16

For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

General references

Bible References

Before

Proverbs 14:6
A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
Proverbs 15:14
A discerning mind seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness.


Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.
Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
John 7:17
If anyone wants to do His will, he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own.

The eyes

Proverbs 23:5
As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Psalm 119:37
Turn my eyes
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in Your ways.
Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
1 John 2:16
For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

General references

Proverbs 8:9
All of them are clear to the perceptive,
and right to those who discover knowledge.

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