Proverbs 17:24 meaning and explanation

Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:24, Berean Standard Bible

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Proverbs 17:24 contrasts two ways of looking at life. The discerning person fixes attention on wisdom, the skill of living rightly before God, and keeps it in view as a goal.

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