The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
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Gill's Exposition
The crown of the wise is their riches,.... Riches being used by them to increase and improve their knowledge and wisdom, and for the good of men, are an honour to them, and give them credit and…
Barnes' Notes
“The crown,” i. e., the glory of the wise man constitutes his wealth. He alone is truly rich even as he alone (compare Pro 14:18 note) is truly king. The seeming tautology of the second clause is…
Matthew Henry
Observe, 1. If men be wise and good, riches make them so much the more honourable and useful: The crown of the wise is their riches; their riches make them to be so much the more respected, and give…
Cambridge Bible
The crown of the wise i.e. the wisdom which is their crown (Pro 14:14) is (constitutes) their riches. It is at once an ornament and a thing of price; whereas the folly of fools is, and always remains…
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