Proverbs 14:24 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁴The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

Proverbs 14:24 —

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Cross-References

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Ecclesiastes 7:11-12
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. …
Luke 16:19-25
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: …
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 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. …
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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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 24)

Observe, 1. If men be wise and good, riches make them so much the more honourable and useful: The crown of the wise is their riches; their riches make them to be so much the more respected, and give them the more authority and influence upon others. Those that have wealth, and wisdom to use it, will have a great opportunity of honouring God and doing good in the world. Wisdom is good without an in…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 24)

24. (Compare Pr 3:16). foolishness ... folly--Folly remains, or produces folly; it has no benefit.