Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Foolishness
Bible References
Crown
Psalm 112:9
Pe He has dispersed; he has given to the poor; Tzaddi his righteousness endures for ever; Koph his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Knowledge is good with an inheritance and is the excellency of those that see the sun.
Isaiah 33:6
And in thy times wisdom and knowledge, and the strength of salvation shall reign: the fear of the LORD shall be his treasure.
Luke 16:9
And I say unto you, Make friends unto yourselves with the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when these fail, you may be received into eternal dwellings.
Foolishness
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Psalm 49:10
For he sees that all the wise men die, likewise the fool and the ignorant perish and leave their wealth to others.
Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Luke 16:19
There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day;