Proverbs 27:24 KJV

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

Matthew Henry

  • Proverbs 27:1–27We know not what a day may bring forth. This does not forbid preparing for to-morrow, but presuming upon to-morrow. We must not put off the great work of...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Psalms 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
  • Jeremiah 13:18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Proverbs 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
  • 2 Samuel 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
  • Psalms 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
  • Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
  • Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

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Strong’s Numbers

  • For riches חֹסֶן chôçen
  • not for ever עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
  • and doth the crown נֶזֶר nezer
  • to every דּוֹר dôwr
  • generation דּוֹר dôwr

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