Proverbs 14:24
עֲטֶרֶת חֲכָמִים עָשְׁרָם אִוֶּלֶת כְּסִילִים אִוֶּֽלֶת ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
In Context
23בְּכָל ־ עֶצֶב יִהְיֶה מוֹתָר וּדְבַר ־ שְׂפָתַיִם אַךְ ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר ׃
25מַצִּיל נְפָשׁוֹת עֵד אֱמֶת וְיָפִחַ כְּזָבִים מִרְמָֽה ׃
Cross References
Psalms 49:10וִֽיחִי ־ עוֹד לָנֶצַח לֹא יִרְאֶה הַשָּֽׁחַת ׃
Proverbs 27:22אִם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ ־ אֶת ־ הָאֱוִיל ׀ בַּֽמַּכְתֵּשׁ בְּתוֹךְ הָרִיפוֹת בַּֽעֱלִי לֹא ־ תָסוּר מֵעָלָיו אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ ׃ פ
Isaiah 33:6וְהָיָה אֱמוּנַת עִתֶּיךָ חֹסֶן יְשׁוּעֹת חָכְמַת וָדָעַת יִרְאַת יְהוָה הִיא אוֹצָרֽוֹ ׃ ס
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 →