Proverbs 14:24
Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
In Context
23In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
25A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.
Cross References
Psalms 49:10\49:9\So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
Proverbs 27:22Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
Isaiah 33:6And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.
Luke 16:9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.
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 →