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Proverbs 27:24
Proverbs 27:24 is verse 24 of Proverbs chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
King James Version
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
World English Bible
for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
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Proverbs 27:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
23 Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
24 for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
25 When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,
26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
1 Timothy 6:17Instruct 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 to enjoy.
1 Timothy 6:18Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
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.
2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
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 from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.