Proverbs 14:18
in Proverbs 14The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
KJV
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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This verse in Proverbs 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe simple inherit folly,.... It is natural and hereditary to them, they are born like wild asses colts; the foolish sayings and proverbs, customs and practices, of their ancestors, though they have been demonstrated to be mere folly, yet these, their posterity, approve them; they love, like, and retain them as their patrimony, Job 11:
This site's exposition
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly
on Proverbs 14:17-18
“A quick-tempered man acts foolishly” before he thinks, and “a devious man is hated” for the same haste turned deliberate. “The simple inherit folly,” passed down to them by neglect, while “the prudent are crowned with knowledge” they work to wear.
This site's exposition
The simple inherit folly
Inherit and crowned are words of property and rank. John Gill reads the inheritance as the foolish sayings and customs of a man's ancestors, kept as family property after they have been shown empty. The prudent wear what they have gained.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Crowned - The teacher anticipates the truth, and the paradox, of the Stoic saying, “The wise is the only king.”
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נָחֲל֣וּ | nachalu | they inherit | H5157 → | 59 times |
| פְתָאיִ֣ם | fetayim | naive people | H6612 → | 19 times |
| אִוֶּ֑לֶת | ʾivelet | foolishness | H200 → | 25 times |
| וַֽ֝עֲרוּמִ֗ים | vaarumim | and sensible [people] | H6175 → | 11 times |
| יַכְתִּ֥רוּ | yakhtiru | they surround | H3803 → | |
| דָֽעַת׃ | daat | knowledge | H1847 → | 92 times |
נָחֲל֣וּthey inherit
nachaluH5157 →59 times
פְתָאיִ֣םnaive people
fetayimH6612 →19 times
אִוֶּ֑לֶתfoolishness
ʾiveletH200 →25 times
וַֽ֝עֲרוּמִ֗יםand sensible [people]
vaarumimH6175 →11 times
יַכְתִּ֥רוּthey surround
yakhtiruH3803 →
דָֽעַת׃knowledge
daatH1847 →92 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
2 Timothy 4:8From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who…
it leads to
- James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
- 1 Peter 5:4
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
- James 1:12
Through
1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:20
you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
- Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Psalms 49:7–8
No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
- 1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
- Galatians 1:4
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
- 1 Corinthians 6:20
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.