Proverbs 14:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁴ The crown of the wise is their wisdom, 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

He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man has no means of redemption.

Proverbs 14:23

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to want.

Proverbs 21:20

Precious treasure remains in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.

Proverbs 27:22

Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Isaiah 33:6

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

Luke 16:9

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations.