Proverbs 13:11
Wealth [gotten] by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase [it].
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
In Context
10By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.
Cross References
Job 15:28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
Job 20:19For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
Psalms 128:2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous [man].
Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:11
10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. Note, 1. Foolish pride is the great make-bate. Would you know whence come wars and fightings? They come from this root of bitterness. Whatever hand other lusts may have in contention (passion, envy, covetousness), pride has the great hand; it is its pride that it will itself sow discord and needs no help. Pride makes men impatient of contradiction in either their opinions or their desires, impatient of competition and rivalship, impatient of… Read the whole commentary →