“ The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. ”
“The crown,” i. e., the glory of the wise man constitutes his wealth. He alone is truly rich even as he alone (compare Proverbs 14:18 note) is truly king. The seeming tautology of the second cl...
Proverbs 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a politica...
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. But the foolishness of fools is folly - The Targum reads, The honor of fools is folly. The fool, from his foolishne...
But the foolishness of fools is folly— But their fortunes are a curse to fools. Houbigant; thus preserving the opposition with the preceding clause.
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. The crown of the wise (is) their riches; (but) the foolishness of fools (is) folly. Not riches, but "wisdom, give...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife ( Proverbs 31:10-31 ).
The crown of the wise is their riches. — They adorn and set off the wisdom of the wise, and bring it more prominently into notice; but the “foolishness of fools” remains folly. The rich fool only d...
CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and...
Verse Proverbs 14:7 . The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be aband...
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. In all labour there...
The crown of the wise [is] their riches ,.... Riches being used by them to increase and improve their knowledge and wisdom, and for the good of men, are an honour to them, and give them credit and r...
The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly. Ver. 24. The crown of the wise is their riches. ] An ornament, an encouragement in well doing, and an instrument...
The crown of the wise is their riches They are a singular advantage and ornament to them, partly as they make their wisdom more regarded, while the poor man's wisdom is despised, Ecclesiastes 9:16...
24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. 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; they are a singular advantage and ornament to them, partly as they make their wisdom more regarded, when the poor man's wisdom is despised, Ecclesiastes 9:1...
The Triumph Of Truth Over Falsehood And Of Righteousness Over Unrighteousness ( Proverbs 14:17-25 ). The thought of truth against falsehood undergirds this subsection. It commences with the fact t...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 14:24 . Or, “It is a crown to the wise when they are rich, but the folly of fools remains folly” ( Delitzsch ). MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:24 WEALTH WITH AND...
Proverbs 14:1 . Every wise woman buildeth her house, as Proverbs 9:1 , by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of k...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficia...
v. 24. The crown of the wise is their riches, their possessions, gained by dint of hard work, serve to honor them; but the foolishness of fools is folly, no matter how much show and pomp he makes...
Ecclesiastes 7:11 ; Ecclesiastes 7:12 ; Isaiah 33:6 ; Luke 12:19 ; Luke 12:20 ; Luke 16:19-25 ; Luke 16:9 ; Proverbs 27:22 ; Psalms 112:9 ; Psalms 49:10-13
Riches — They are a singular advantage and ornament to them. But — As for rich fools, their folly is not cured, but made worse and more manifest by their riches.