Proverbs 14:24
The crown of the wise is their riches: 1 But the foolishness of fools is folly. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
In The King James Version
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
In Context
23In all labour there is profit: 1 But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. 1
25A true witness delivereth souls: 1 But a deceitful witness speaketh lies. 1
Cross References
Psalms 49:10For he seeth that wise men die, 1 Likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, 1 And leave their wealth to others. 1
Proverbs 27:22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, 1 Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. 1
Isaiah 33:6And wisdom and knowledge shall be 1 The stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: 1 The fear of the Lord is his treasure. 1
Luke 16:9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
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 →