Proverbs 13:11
Substance got in haste shall be diminished: but that which by little and little is gathered with the hand shall increase.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
In Context
12Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh is a tree of life.
Cross References
Job 15:28He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
Job 20:19Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
Psalms 128:2It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved,
Proverbs 13:22The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.
Proverbs 21:6He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.
Proverbs 28:8He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful 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 →