Proverbs 14:24
The crown of the wise is their riches; but the folly of fools is [only] folly.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
In Context
23In all painful labor there is profit; but mere words of the lips [lead] only to want.
25A deliverer of souls is the true witness; but a witness of deceit uttereth lies.
Cross References
Psalms 49:10(49:11) For he must see that wise men die, that together the fool and the brutish person perish and leave to others their wealth.
Proverbs 27:22Though thou shouldst pound the fool in a mortar, in the midst of grains of wheat with a pestle: still would his folly not depart from him.
Isaiah 33:6And the stability of thy times and the strength of thy happiness shall be wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
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 →