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Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he has no understanding?
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Wisdom Requires a Willing Heart
Commentators unanimously explain that having resources ('a price') to gain wisdom is useless if a person lacks the 'heart' for it. This 'heart' is not about raw intelligence but a genuine desire and capacity to learn. As one scholar notes, no amount of money can purchase wisdom for someone who has no internal motivation to receive it.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom Natural wisdom and knowledge. By this "price" may be mea…
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Humanity's neglect of God's favor and its own interest is very absurd.