Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
In Context
10Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice.
12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
Cross References
Job 15:28He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
Psalms 128:2For you will eat the labour of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
Proverbs 21:6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapour for those who seek death.
Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on 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 →