Proverbs 14:24

In 11 translations

BSB

The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.

KJV

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

WEB

The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

ASV

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

LSV

The crown of the wise is their wealth, || The folly of fools [is] folly.

YLT

The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly.

DBY

The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly.

DRC

The crown of the wise is their riches: the folly of fools, imprudence.

GNV

The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

JPS

The crown of the wise is their riches; but the folly of fools remaineth folly.

LXXE

A prudent man is the crown of the wise: but the occupation of fools is evil.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

עֲטֶ֣רֶת חֲכָמִ֣ים עָשְׁרָ֑ם אִוֶּ֖לֶת כְּסִילִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

LXX-Br

Στέφανος σοφῶν πανοῦργος, ἡ δὲ διατριβὴ ἀφρόνων κακή.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 7:11–12Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun. For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
• Luke 16:19–25Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the…
• Psalms 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
• Luke 12:19–20Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who…
• Luke 16:9I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
• Isaiah 33:6He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
• Psalms 49:10–13For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others. Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands…
• Proverbs 27:22Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

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