Proverbs 14:24 · KJV
“The crown of the wise {is} their riches: {but} the foolishness of fools {is} folly.”
— Proverbs 14:24
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips {tendeth} only to penury.
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful {witness} speaketh lies.
Proverbs 14 — Context
Do 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.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:11-12
Wisdom {is} good with an inheritance: and {by it there is} profit to them that see the sun. {good...: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too}
Luke 12:19-20
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.
Luke 16:9
And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. {mammon: or, riches}
Luke 16:19-25
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Psalms 49:10-13
For he seeth {that} wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, {yet} will not his foolishness depart from him.
Isaiah 33:6
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, {and} strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD {is} his treasure. {salvation: Heb. salvations}
Psalms 112:9
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.