16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
16 With one hand she gives long life, with the other she confers recognition.
16 Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor.
16 She offers you long life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left.
24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
24 The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly.
24 The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the folly of fools brings folly.
24 The wise accumulate wisdom; fools get stupider by the day.
24 The crown of the wise is their riches, But the foolishness of fools is folly.
24 Wealth is a crown for the wise; the effort of fools yields only foolishness.
(Read Proverbs 14:24)
The riches of men of wisdom and piety enlarge their usefulness.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 3:16
Commentary on Proverbs 3:13-20
(Read Proverbs 3:13-20)
No precious jewels or earthly treasures are worthy to be compared with true wisdom, whether the concerns of time or eternity be considered. We must make wisdom our business; we must venture all in it, and be willing to part with all for it. This Wisdom is the Lord Jesus Christ and his salvation, sought and obtained by faith and prayer. Were it not for unbelief, remaining sinfulness, and carelessness, we should find all our ways pleasantness, and our paths peace, for his are so; but we too often step aside from them, to our own hurt and grief. Christ is that Wisdom, by whom the worlds were made, and still are in being; happy are those to whom he is made of God wisdom. He has wherewithal to make good all his promises.