Proverbs 14:24
The crown of the wise is their riches. The foolishness of fools is folly.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
In Context
23In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips [tends] only to poverty.
25A TRUE witness delivers souls, but he who utters lies [causes] deceit.
Cross References
Psalms 49:10For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Proverbs 27:22Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Isaiah 33:6And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of LORD is thy treasure.
Luke 16:9And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the mammon of unrighteousness, so that, when ye cease, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:24
23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. Note, 1. Working, without talking, will make men rich: In all labour of the head, or of the hand, there is profit; it will turn to some good account or other. Industrious people are generally thriving people, and where there is something done there is something to be had. The stirring hand gets a penny. It is good therefore to keep in business, and to keep in action, and what our hand finds to do to do it with all our might. 2.… Read the whole commentary →