The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
Proverbs 13:8Riches may ransom a man's life, but a poor man hears no threat.
Proverbs 14:23There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 21:20Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Treasury of Scripture
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
crown
Psalm 112:9
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Ecclesiastes 7:11,12
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun…
Isaiah 33:6
And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
foolishness
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Psalm 49:10-13
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others…
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…
