King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 17:24
“Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 17
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A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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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.
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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.