Proverbs 14:24
Riches are a crown to the wise; But the promotion of fools is folly.
Noyes Bible
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 profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
25A true witness saveth lives; But a deceitful witness poureth forth lies.
Cross References
Psalms 49:10For he seeth that wise men die, As well as the foolish and the ignorant; They perish alike, And leave their wealth to others.
Proverbs 27:22Though thou shouldst beat a fool in a mortar, Among bruised wheat, with a pestle, Yet will not his folly depart from him.
Isaiah 33:6There shall be security in thy times; Wisdom and knowledge shall be thy store of prosperity, And the fear of Jehovah, this shall be thy treasure!
Luke 16:9And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the unrighteous mammon; that, when it faileth, ye may be received 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 →