Proverbs 14:24
The wise are rewarded with wealth, but stupid people are rewarded with stupidity.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
In Context
23There's profit in hard work, but just talking leads to poverty.
25A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is treacherous.
Cross References
Psalms 49:10Everyone knows that the wise die, those who are foolish and stupid too, leaving what they have to the next generation.
Proverbs 27:22Even if you ground stupid people in a mortar, crushing them like grain with the pestle, you can't get rid of stupidity from them.
Isaiah 33:6He will be your constant support throughout your lives an abundant source of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. Reverence for the Lord is what makes Zion rich.
Luke 16:9I tell you, use the wealth of this world to make friends for yourselves so that when it's gone, you'll be welcomed into an eternal home.
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 →