Proverbs 27:24 · KJV
“For riches {are} not for ever: and doth the crown {endure} to every generation? {riches: Heb. strength} {to...: Heb. to generation and generation?}”
— Proverbs 27:24
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, {and} look well to thy herds. {look...: Heb. set thy heart}
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Proverbs 27 — Context
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, {yet} will not his foolishness depart from him.
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, {and} look well to thy herds. {look...: Heb. set thy heart}
24For riches {are} not for ever: and doth the crown {endure} to every generation? {riches: Heb. strength} {to...: Heb. to generation and generation?}
25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26The lambs {are} for thy clothing, and the goats {are} the price of the field.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for {riches} certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. {set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon}
1 Timothy 6:17-18
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; {uncertain...: Gr. uncertainty of riches}
Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
James 1:10
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
2 Samuel 7:16
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
Psalms 89:36
His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of {his} government and peace {there shall be} no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.