Proverbs 27:24
For a man has not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
In Context
23Do thou thoroughly know the number of thy flock, and pay attention to thine herds.
25Take care of the herbage in the field, and thou shalt cut grass, and gather the mountain hay;
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:14But now thy kingdom shall not stand to thee, and the Lord shall seek for himself a man after his own heart; and the Lord shall appoint him to be a ruler over his people, because thou hast not kept all that the Lord commanded thee.
Proverbs 23:5If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.
Isaiah 9:7The Lord has sent death upon Jacob, and it has come upon Israel.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:24-27
The Reward of Prudence. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. Here is, I. A command given us… Read the whole commentary →