24The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools is folly.


In Context

21 Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

22 Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth are to those devising good,

23 In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.

24 The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools is folly.

25 A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

26 In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.

Proverbs 14:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:24The crown of the wise is their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:24The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:24The crown of the wise is their riches: the folly of fools, imprudence.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:24The crown of the wise is their riches; But the folly of fools is only folly.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:24The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the folly of fools is only folly.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.