Cross references
Proverbs 14:24
The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but the effort of fools is folly.
Proverbs 14:24 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 7:11–12 (4 votes) and Psalm 112:9 (3 votes). It links with 4 other books, from Psalm 49 to Luke 16.
Which verses does Proverbs 14:24 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ecclesiastes 7:11–124 votes
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun. For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
- Psalm 112:93 votes
He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
- Luke 12:19–203 votes
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Luke 16:93 votes
I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
- Luke 16:19–253 votes
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores …
- Psalm 49:10–132 votes
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others. Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes. …
- Proverbs 27:222 votes
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
- Isaiah 33:62 votes
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.