Proverbs 17:16

Wherefore? the question implies that it is unworthily placed, and that it is to no purpose or benefit of the possessor. A price; possessions or riches, as all the ancient translators render it, of which this word is used, Isaiah 55:1, and elsewhere, under which all opportunities and abilities of getting it are comprehended. To get wisdom; for the obtaining whereof rich men have many and great advantages above others. No heart to it; neither common discretion to discern the worth of wisdom, and his advantage to get it; nor any sincere desire to get it; for the heart is commonly used in Scripture both for the understanding, and for the will and affections.