Proverbs 14:18 · KJV
“The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.”
— Proverbs 14:18
{He that is} soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs 14 — Context
A wise {man} feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
17{He that is} soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich {hath} many friends. {the rich...: Heb. many are the lovers of the rich}
Cross References
1 Peter 1:18
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, {as} silver and gold, from your vain conversation {received} by tradition from your fathers;
1 Peter 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Daniel 12:3
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. {wise: or, teachers}
Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. {shall be...: Heb. exalteth the fools}
Proverbs 11:29-30
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool {shall be} servant to the wise of heart.
2 Timothy 4:8
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Matthew 23:29-32
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Jeremiah 16:19
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and {things} wherein {there is} no profit.