Proverbs 14:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ The crown of the wise is their wealth, but folly is the garland of fools.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ The crown of the wise is their riches: But the foolishness of fools is folly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ The crown of the wise is their wealth of Wisdom, but the foolishness of [self-confident] fools is [nothing but] folly.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ The crown of the wise is their riches; But the folly of fools is only folly.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Wealth is the crown of the wise, and the folly of fools is folly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ The crown of the wise is their wealth. The senselessness of the foolish is imprudence.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ The crown of the wise is their riches: the folly of fools, imprudence.

Proverbs 14:24 Cross References

Psalm 112:9

They have distributed freely; they have given to the poor; their righteousness endures forever; their horn is exalted in honor.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and toil adds nothing to it.

Proverbs 13:8

Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life, but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.

Proverbs 14:23

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 21:20

Precious treasure remains in the house of the wise, but the fool devours it.

Proverbs 27:22

Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.

Isaiah 33:6

he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.

Luke 16:9

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone they may welcome you into the eternal homes.