Proverbs 13:11
Hon (wealth) gotten by dishonesty shall be diminished, 1 but he that gathereth incrementally shall have an increment. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
In Context
10By zadon (pride) cometh only contention, 1 but with the teachable is chochmah. 1
Cross References
Job 15:28And he dwelleth in desolate towns, 1 and in batim (houses) which no man inhabiteth, 1 which are ready to crumble to rubble. 1
Job 20:19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the destitute; 1 because he hath violently seized a bais which he built not; 1
Psalms 128:2For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands; 1 happy shalt thou be, and it shall be tov with thee. 1
Proverbs 13:22A tov (good man) leaveth an inheritance to his bnei banim, 1 and the wealth of the choteh (sinner) is laid up for the tzaddik. 1
Proverbs 21:6The getting of otzarot by a lashon sheker 1 is hevel (vain, empty, meaningless) and fleeting 1 for them that seek mavet. 1
Proverbs 28:8He that by neshekh (interest) and increase increaseth his substance, 1 he shall gather it for him that will pity the dalim (poor ones). 1
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 →