Proverbs 13:11
Wealth [gotten] by vain deeds will be diminished; but he that gathereth by close labor will increase it.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
In Context
10Only through presumptuous conduct doth man produce contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
12Expectation long deferred maketh the heart sick; but a tree of life is a desire which is fulfilled.
Cross References
Job 15:28And he dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps.
Job 20:19Because he oppressed and forsook the indigent; because he took violently away a house, shall he not rebuild it;
Psalms 128:2When thou eatest the labor of thy hands: [then] wilt thou be happy, 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 treasured up for the righteous.
Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a tongue of falsehood is like the fleeting breath of those that seek death.
Proverbs 28:8He that increaseth his wealth by interest and usury will gather it for him that will be kind 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 →