More literally: Why is there a price in the hand of a fool? Is it to get wisdom when he has no heart for it? No money will avail without t…

Wherefore is there a price ...—He will still remain a fool, though he has paid high for instruction, if he has no capacity for taking it i…

Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom Natural wisdom and knowledge. By this "price" may be mea…

Humanity's neglect of God's favor and its own interest is very absurd.