the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Proverbs 14:24
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Wealth is a crown for the wise; the effort of fools yields only foolishness.
The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] folly is the diadem of fools.
Wise people are rewarded with wealth, but fools only get more foolishness.
The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.
The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
The crown of the wise is their riches, But the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
The crown of the wise is their wealth [of wisdom], But the foolishness of [closed-minded] fools is [nothing but] folly.
The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the folly of fools brings folly.
The coroun of wise men is the richessis of hem; the fooli of foolis is vnwarnesse.
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the folly of fools is only folly.
The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.
Wisdom can make you rich, but foolishness leads to more foolishness.
The crown of the wise is their riches; But the folly of fools is only folly.
Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is just that — folly.
The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly.
A wise person's reward is wealth, but a fool's reward is foolishness.
The crown of the wise is their riches; but the folly of fools remaineth folly.
The crowne of the wise is their riches: but the foolishnesse of fooles is folly.
What the wise receive is their riches, but fools are known by their foolish ways.
The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but folly is the garland of fools.
The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.
The crown of the wise is their riches; but the perverseness of fools is their folly.
Wise people are rewarded with wealth, but fools are known by their foolishness.
the crown of the wise, is their wealth, but, the folly of dullards, is, folly.
The crown of the wise, is their riches: the folly of fools, imprudence.
The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but folly is the garland of fools.
Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.
A prudent man is the crown of the wise: but the occupation of fools is evil.
The crown of the wise is their wealth,but the foolishness of fools produces foolishness.
The crown of the wise is their riches, But the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
The crown of the wise is their wealth; the folly of fools is folly.
The crown of the wise is their riches; the foolishness of fools is folly.
The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly.
Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.
The wise accumulate wisdom; fools get stupider by the day.
The crown of the wise is their riches, But the foolishness of fools is simply foolishness.
The crown of the wise is their riches, But the folly of fools is foolishness.
The crown of the wise is their riches,But the folly of fools is folly.
Contextual Overview
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crown: Psalms 112:9, Ecclesiastes 7:11, Ecclesiastes 7:12, Isaiah 33:6, Luke 16:9
foolishness: Proverbs 27:22, Psalms 49:10-13, Luke 12:19, Luke 12:20, Luke 16:19-25
Cross-References
Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and attacked all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazezon Tamar.
And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim
Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre [fn] the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.
Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do so.
Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain," Deuteronomy 25:4">[fn] and, "The laborer is worthy of his wages." Luke 10:7">[fn]
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The crown of the wise [is] their riches,.... Riches being used by them to increase and improve their knowledge and wisdom, and for the good of men, are an honour to them, and give them credit and reputation among men of sense and goodness; see Ecclesiastes 7:11;
[but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly; mere folly, extreme folly, just the same as it was; riches make them never the wiser; yea, their folly is oftentimes made more manifest through the ill use they make of their riches; spending them in the gratification of their sinful lusts; and making no use of them for their own improvement in knowledge, or for the good of their fellow creatures. The Targum is,
"the glory of fools is their folly;''
and that is no other than their shame, and in which they glory; such fools are wicked men.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
“The crown,” i. e., the glory of the wise man constitutes his wealth. He alone is truly rich even as he alone (compare Proverbs 14:18 note) is truly king.
The seeming tautology of the second clause is really its point. Turn “the foolishness of fools” as you will, it comes back to “foolishness” at last.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 14:24. But the foolishness of fools is folly. — The Targum reads, The honour of fools is folly. The fool, from his foolishness, produces acts of folly. This appears to be the meaning.