Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The simple inherit folly, but the wise are crowned with knowledge.
New American Standard Bible
But the sensible are crowned with knowledge.
King James Version
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Holman Bible
but the sensible are crowned with knowledge.
International Standard Version
The naive inherit folly, but the careful are crowned with knowledge.
A Conservative Version
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
American Standard Version
The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Amplified
The naive [are unsophisticated and easy to exploit and] inherit foolishness,
But the sensible [are thoughtful and far-sighted and] are crowned with knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.
Darby Translation
The simple inherit folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Julia Smith Translation
The simple inherit folly: and the prudent shall be surrounded with knowledge.
King James 2000
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The simple are adorned [with] folly, but the clever are crowned with knowledge.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The ignorant have foolishness in possession; but the wise are crowned with knowledge.
NET Bible
The naive inherit folly, but the shrewd are crowned with knowledge.
New Heart English Bible
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The Emphasized Bible
The simple inherit folly, but, the shrewd, crowneth himself with knowledge.
Webster
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
World English Bible
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Youngs Literal Translation
The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Interlinear
Nachal
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
17 He who is soon angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked plots is hated. 18 The simple inherit folly, but the wise are crowned with knowledge. 19 The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs 4:7-9
Wisdom is the main thing; get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.
Proverbs 11:29-30
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart.
Jeremiah 16:19
O Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations shall come to You from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and there is no profit in them.
Jeremiah 44:17
But we will certainly do whatever thing goes forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our rulers, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
Daniel 12:3
And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the sky; and those who turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars forever and ever.
Matthew 23:29-32
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
2 Timothy 4:8
Now there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day; and not to me only, but also to all those who love His appearing.
1 Peter 1:18
knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers,
1 Peter 5:4
And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory.