Proverbs 14:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a man's life is his riches: But the poor heareth no threatening.

Proverbs 14:23

In all labour there is profit: But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Proverbs 21:20

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

Proverbs 27:22

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

Isaiah 33:6

And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

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.