Proverbs 13:11

New International Reader's Version

Money gained in the wrong way disappears. But money gathered little by little grows.

Cross References

Job 20:15

They will spit out the rich food they swallowed. God will make their stomachs throw it up.

Psalm 128:2

Your work will give you what you need. Blessings and good things will come to you.

Proverbs 10:2

Riches that are gained by sinning aren’t worth anything. But doing what is right saves you from death.

Proverbs 13:10

Where there is arguing, there is pride. But those who take advice are wise.

Proverbs 13:12

Hope that is put off makes one sick at heart. But a desire that is met is like a tree of life.

Proverbs 20:21

Property that you claim too soon will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 21:6

A fortune made by people who tell lies amounts to nothing and leads to death.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful person will be richly blessed. But anyone who wants to get rich will be punished.

Proverbs 28:22

Those who won’t share what they have want to get rich. They don’t know they are going to be poor.

Proverbs 28:8

Someone might get rich by taking interest or profit from poor people. But that person only piles up wealth for someone who will be kind to poor people.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

It’s also when wealth is lost because of an unwise business deal. Then there won’t be anything left for the owners’ children.

Jeremiah 17:11

Some people get rich by doing sinful things. They are like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay. When their lives are half over, their riches will desert them. In the end they will prove how foolish they have been.