Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
In Context
10A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise.
Cross References
Job 15:28And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.
Job 20:19For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built it not.
Psalms 128:2Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me. 1
Proverbs 13:22A good man shall inherit children's children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 21:6He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death.
Proverbs 28:8He that increases his wealth by usuries and unjust gains, gathers it for him that pities 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 →