Proverbs 13:11
Those who acquire a lot of money quickly by doing what is wrong, probably will lose it quickly, but if people earn money slowly, the amount of money they have will increase.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
In Context
Cross References
Job 15:28They will live in cities that have been abandoned, cities which have become a heap of ruins.
Job 20:19because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them, and they took other people’s houses by cheating them.
Psalms 128:2You will be able to earn the money that you [MTY] need to buy food; you will be happy and you will be prosperous.
Proverbs 13:22When good people die, their grandchildren inherit their money; but when sinners die, the money that they had will end up in the hands of righteous people.
Proverbs 21:6Money that people acquire by cheating others by lying [MTY] to them will soon disappear like a mist, and doing that will soon lead to their death.
Proverbs 28:8When people become very rich by charging very high interest [DOU], their money will eventually go to someone who does kind things for 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 →