Proverbs 14:24
The crown of the wise is their wealth, || The folly of fools [is] folly.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
In Context
23In all labor there is advantage, || And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
25A true witness is delivering souls, || And a deceitful one breathes out lies.
Cross References
Psalms 49:10For he sees wise men die, || Together the foolish and brutish perish, || And have left their wealth to others.
Proverbs 27:22If you beat the foolish in a mortar, || Among washed things—with a pestle, || His folly does not turn aside from off him.
Isaiah 33:6And has been the steadfastness of your times, || The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, || Fear of YHWH—it [is] His treasure.
Luke 16:9And I say to you, make to yourselves friends out of the wealth of unrighteousness, that when you may fail, they may receive you into the continuous dwelling 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 →