“The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.”
— WEB
Proverbs 14:24
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.”
— KJV
“The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.”
— ASV
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Commentary
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 inheritance, but better with it. 2. If men be wicked and corrupt, their wealth will but the more expose them: The foolishness of fools, put them in what condition you will, is folly, and will show itself and shame them; if they have riches, they do mischief with them and are the more hardened in their foolish practices.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)
(Compare Pro 3:16). foolishness . . . folly--Folly remains, or produces folly; it has no benefit.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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