Proverbs 13:11

New English Translation

Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

Cross References

Job 20:15

The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.

Psalm 128:2

You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

Proverbs 13:10

With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

Proverbs 13:12

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

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 21:6

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

Proverbs 28:8

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

Jeremiah 17:11

The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.”