Proverbs 27:24
For riches [are] not for all time, || Nor a crown to generation and generation.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
In Context
23Know the face of your flock well, || Set your heart to the droves,
25The hay was revealed, and the tender grass seen, || And the herbs of mountains gathered.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:14and now, your kingdom does not stand, YHWH has sought [for] a man for Himself according to His own heart, and YHWH charges him for leader over His people, for you have not kept that which YHWH commanded you.”
Psalms 89:36His seed is for all time, || And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
Proverbs 23:5For wealth makes wings to itself, || It flies to the heavens as an eagle.
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of [His] dominion, || And of peace, there is no end, || On the throne of David, and on His kingdom, || To establish it, and to support it, || In judgment and in righteousness, || From now on, even for all time, || The zeal of YHWH of Hosts does this.
1 Timothy 6:17Charge those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment—
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 →