Proverbs 27:24
For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
In Context
23Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
25Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:14and, now, thy kingdom doth not stand, Jehovah hath sought for Himself a man according to His own heart, and Jehovah chargeth him for leader over His people, for thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.'
Psalms 89:36His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
Proverbs 23:5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
Isaiah 9:7To the increase of the princely power, 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, Henceforth, even unto the age, The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts doth this.
1 Timothy 6:17Those rich in the present age charge thou 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 →