Proverbs 14:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ The simple acquire folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ The simple inherit folly: But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ The simple acquire folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Stupidity is the lot of the naive, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ The childish will possess foolishness, and the discerning will anticipate knowledge.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ The childish shall possess folly, and the prudent, shall look for knowledge.

Proverbs 14:18 Cross References

Proverbs 14:17

A man of quick temper acts foolishly, but a man of discretion is patient.

Proverbs 14:19

The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.

Jeremiah 16:19

O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited naught but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.

Jeremiah 44:17

But we will do everything that we have vowed, burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out libations to her, as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no evil.

Daniel 12:3

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

2 Timothy 4:8

Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,

1 Peter 5:4

And when the chief Shepherd is manifested you will obtain the unfading crown of glory.