Proverbs 13:11

Modern English Version

Wealth gained by fraud will dwindle, but he who gathers by hand will increase it.

Cross References

Job 20:15

He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.

Psalm 128:2

For you shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 13:10

By pride comes only contention, but with the teachable is wisdom.

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but the desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by usury and extortion gathers it for him who has pity on the poor.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

and those riches were lost in an unfortunate business deal; and although he has a son, there is nothing left to put in his hand.

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge sits on eggs which it has not laid, so is he who gets riches, but not justly; it will forsake him in the midst of his days, and in the end he will be a fool.