Proverbs 1:22 asks how long fools will hate knowledge, mirroring 17:16's fool who cannot grasp wisdom despite paying.

In Proverbs 18:15, the wise earnestly seek knowledge — directly contrasting the fool who has no heart for wisdom.

Proverbs 10:21 says fools die for lack of wisdom — the same fatal lack that explains why the fool's money cannot buy what he has no heart for.

In Proverbs 18:2, the fool takes no pleasure in understanding — same inability to value wisdom despite having means.

Proverbs 19:8 praises getting sense — the very thing the fool lacks, contrasting wise pursuit with foolish waste.

In Proverbs 8:5, wisdom directly commands fools to learn prudence — contrasting with the fool here who lacks the heart for wisdom.

In Proverbs 14:6, a scoffer seeks wisdom in vain — similar to the fool with a price but no heart, both hindered by attitude.

Proverbs 23:23 commands 'buy wisdom' — exactly what the fool has money for but cannot do due to lack of sense.

Proverbs 1:23 offers wisdom to those who accept reproof, contrasting the fool in 17:16 who lacks sense to gain it.

Proverbs 4:5 commands 'Get wisdom!' — but the fool here has the means yet fails to obey because he lacks the heart.

In Proverbs 9:4-6, wisdom invites the simple to come and eat — contrasting with the fool who has a price but no heart for her.

Proverbs 15:32 says despising instruction means despising oneself — the fool's neglect of wisdom here is a form of self-destruction.

In Proverbs 21:25, the sluggard's desire kills him for lack of action — paralleling the fool's inability to use his means for wisdom.

In Proverbs 8:4, wisdom calls out to all people — contrasting with the fool who has no heart to receive it.

Acts 28:26 quotes Isaiah: people hear but never understand — the same spiritual dullness that leaves the fool with no heart for wisdom.

Acts 28:27 describes hearts grown dull and eyes closed — the precise condition of the fool who has a price but no heart to gain wisdom.

In Deuteronomy 5:29, God laments Israel's lack of a heart to fear Him — mirroring the fool here who has no heart for wisdom.

In Isaiah 55:1-3, the invitation to buy without money contrasts sharply with the fool who has money but no heart to buy wisdom.

Psalm 81:11-13 describes Israel refusing to listen because of a stubborn heart — the same heart problem that keeps the fool from wisdom.

Matthew 13:44 shows a man selling all to 'buy' the treasure — contrast to the fool who has money but won't buy wisdom.

Hosea 4:11 shows how sin enslaves the heart — explaining why the fool's heart is blocked from receiving wisdom.