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Proverbs 14:24 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 14 · verse 24
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.Proverbs 14:24 · King James Version
Proverbs 14:24 in context
22Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
25A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- foolishnessʼivvelethsillinessH200 →
- richesʻôsherwealthH6239 →
- crownʻăṭârâha crownH5850 →
- foolskᵉçîylproperly, fatH3684 →
- wisechâkâmwiseH2450 →
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Observe, 1. If men be wise and good, riches make them so much the more honourable and useful: The crown of the wise is their riches; their riches make them to be so much the more respected, and give them the more authority and influence upon others.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary