Proverbs 14:18
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Proverbs 14:18 in other translations
| BSB | The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. |
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| WEB | The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. |
| ASV | The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge. |
| YLT | The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned with knowledge. |
| DARBY | The simple inherit folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. |
| BBE | Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge. |
| Webster | The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. |
What does Proverbs 14:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 14:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 14:18
- 1 Peter 1:18
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
- 1 Peter 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
- 2 Timothy 4:8
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
- Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
- Proverbs 11:29-30
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
- Proverbs 4:7-9
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
- Jeremiah 16:19
O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
- Daniel 12:3
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
- Matthew 23:29-32
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
- Jeremiah 44:17
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 14:17
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
- Proverbs 14:18
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
- Proverbs 14:19
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs 14:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los simples heredarán necedad: mas los cuerdos se coronarán de sabiduría. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les simples héritent la folie, mais les avisés sont couronnés de connaissance. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Einfältigen erben Narrheit, die Klugen aber werden mit Erkenntnis gekrönt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Possidebunt parvuli stultitiam, et exspectabunt astuti scientiam. |