Proverbs 14:24

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Luke 16:9

And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the mammon of unrighteousness, so that, when ye cease, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

Isaiah 33:6

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

Proverbs 27:22

Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Psalm 112:9

He has scattered, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn shall be exalted with honor.

Proverbs 10:22

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

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hears no threatening.

Proverbs 14:23

In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips [tends] only to poverty.

Proverbs 21:20

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of a wise man, but a foolish man swallows it up.