Proverbs 13:11
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
In Context
10Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Cross References
Job 15:28he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Psalms 128:2For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
Proverbs 21:6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is 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 →