Proverbs 14:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The simple inherit folly: But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The simple acquire folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

American Standard Version (1901)

The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Common English Bible

Stupidity is the lot of the naive, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The childish will possess foolishness, and the discerning will anticipate knowledge.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The childish shall possess folly, and the prudent, shall look for knowledge.

Proverbs 14:18 Cross References

Proverbs 14:17

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

Proverbs 14:19

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Jeremiah 16:19

O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

Jeremiah 44:17

But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

Daniel 12:3

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.

2 Timothy 4:8

henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

1 Peter 1:18

forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

1 Peter 5:4

And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.