Proverbs 14:24

Proverbs chapter 14 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The crown of the wise is their riches; But the folly of fools is only folly.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The crown of the wise is their riches; But the folly of fools is only folly.

Context

v.23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

v.24This passage

v.25A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 12:19

    And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

  • Proverbs 27:22

    Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:11

    Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

  • Psalms 112:9

    He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.

  • Luke 16:9

    And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

  • Luke 16:19

    Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: