Proverbs 13:11

Catholic Public Domain Version

Substance obtained in haste will be diminished. But what is collected by hand, little by little, shall be multiplied.

Cross References

Job 20:15

The riches that he devours, he will vomit up, and from his stomach God will draw them out.

Psalm 128:2

they have often fought against me from my youth, yet they could not prevail over me.

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures of impiety will profit nothing. Truly, justice shall liberate from death.

Proverbs 13:10

Among the arrogant, there are always conflicts. But those who do everything with counsel are ruled by wisdom.

Proverbs 13:12

Hope, when it is delayed, afflicts the soul. The arrival of the desired is a tree of life.

Proverbs 20:21

When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing.

Proverbs 21:6

Whoever gathers treasures by a lying tongue is vain and heartless. And he will stumble into the snares of death.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall be greatly praised. But whoever rushes to become rich will not be innocent.

Proverbs 28:22

A man who hurries to become rich, and who envies others, does not know that destitution will overwhelm him.

Proverbs 28:8

Whoever piles up riches by usury and profit gathers them for him who will give freely to the poor.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

Just as he went forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and he shall take nothing with him from his labors.

Jeremiah 17:11

A partridge has hatched eggs that she did not lay; a man has gathered riches, but without judgment. In the midst of his days, he will leave it all behind, and he will be foolish concerning his very end."