Proverbs 27:24
in Proverbs 27for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
KJV
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
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This verse in Proverbs 27
Commentary
3 notes on this verseFor riches are not for ever - All other kinds of property are very transitory. Money and the highest civil honors are but for a short season. Flocks and herds, properly attended to, may be multiplied and continued from generation to generation. The crown itself is not naturally so permanent.
This site's exposition
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks
on Proverbs 27:23-27
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds opens the chapter's close in the plain economics of a shepherd's life, since riches are not for ever and a crown does not endure to every generation, wealth in flocks and fields outlasting wealth kept as treasure. The hay appears and the tender grass shows itself, gathered in its season, and the lambs clothe the household while the goats are sold for the price of the field, the text describing a working farm without embarrassment. Goats' milk enough for food, for the household, and for the maintenance of the maidens closes the book's first block of sentence literature on ordinary provision, wisdom proved in daily diligence rather than in grand pronouncement.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
For riches are not for ever,....
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| לְעוֹלָ֣ם | leolam | [is] for ever | H5769 → | 438 times |
| חֹ֑סֶן | chosen | wealth | H2633 → | |
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| נֵ֝֗זֶר | nezer | a crown | H5145 → | |
| לְד֣וֹר | ledor | to a generation | H1755 → | 167 times |
| וָדֽוֹר׃ | vedor | and a generation | H1755 → | 167 times |
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
לְעוֹלָ֣ם[is] for ever
leolamH5769 →438 times
חֹ֑סֶןwealth
chosenH2633 →
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
נֵ֝֗זֶרa crown
nezerH5145 →
לְד֣וֹרto a generation
ledorH1755 →167 times
וָדֽוֹר׃and a generation
vedorH1755 →167 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness…
it leads to
- Luke 1:32–33
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
- Daniel 2:44
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
- Daniel 7:14
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…
- Psalms 45:4–6
In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
- 2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- Luke 1:32–33
Through
James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
- 1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Peter 1:24
Through
Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
it leads to
- 1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- 1 John 2:16
Where this verse is studied
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About Proverbs

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
