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Proverbs 14:24

WisdomMoney and wealth

22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

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

25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

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Compare

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.
DARBY
The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly.
BLB
The crown of the wise [is] their wealth; the folly of fools [is] folly.
ÅB
De vises rikdom er deres krone, men dårenes dårskap er og blir dårskap.
OTB
De vises rikdom er deres krone, men dårers dårskap er simpelthen dårskap.
B1930
De vises rikdom er deres krone, men dårenes dårskap er og blir dårskap.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 7:11–12

    Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

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  • 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.

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  • Luke 16:19–25

    There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

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  • Psalms 112:9

    He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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