Proverbs 14:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֲטֶ֣רֶת חֲכָמִ֣ים עָשְׁרָ֑ם אִוֶּ֖לֶת כְּסִילִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

Transliteration

ʿăṭeret ḥăḵāmîm ʿāšrām ʾiwwelet kəsîlîm ʾiwwelet

Grammar Details

• *ʿăṭeret*: feminine singular construct - crown of
• *ḥăḵāmîm*: masculine plural noun - wise ones
• *ʿāšrām*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their wealth
• *ʾiwwelet*: feminine singular noun - folly
• *kəsîlîm*: masculine plural noun - fools

Word Meanings

• *ʿăṭeret*: crown/wreath/diadem
• *ḥăḵāmîm*: wise ones/sages/skilled persons
• *ʿāšrām*: their wealth/their riches/their abundance
• *ʾiwwelet*: folly/foolishness/stupidity
• *kəsîlîm*: fools/stupid ones/dullards

Referenced Verses

• Ps 49:10-13 : 10 For he seeth{H8799)} that wise men die{H8799)}, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish{H8799)}, and leave{H8804)} their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call{H8804)} their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth{H8799)} not: he is like{H8738)} the beasts that perish{H8738)}. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve{H8799)} their sayings. Selah.
• Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
• Prov 27:22 : 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
• Eccl 7:11-12 : 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
• Isa 33:6 : 6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
• Luke 12:19-20 : 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. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
• Luke 16:9 : 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 16:19-25 : 19 {G1161} There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.