Proverbs 14:18
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 14 connects to 10 cross-references. Proverbs on human character and social life: the wisest of women builds her house but the foolish tears it down. In all toil there is profit but mere talk tends only toward poverty. The poor is disliked even by his …
Other Translations
The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned <FI>with<Fi> knowledge.
Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.
Cross References
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of …
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto …
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen …
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness …
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of …
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.