Proverbs 14:24
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
KJV
Corona sapientium divitiæ eorum ; fatuitas stultorum imprudentia.
Vulgate
στέφανος σοφῶν πανοῦργος, ἡ δὲ διατριβὴ ἀφρόνων κακή.
LXX
The crown of the wise is their riches; But the folly of fools is only folly.
ASV
עֲטֶ֣רֶת חֲכָמִ֣ים עָשְׁרָ֑/ם אִוֶּ֖לֶת כְּסִילִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִוֶּֽלֶת
'vlt
noun · 25×
וֹ
v
noun · 37×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
עֲטֶ֣רֶת
'trt
noun · 23×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 7:11 — Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
- Luke 12:19 — 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.
- Luke 16:19 — There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: