Proverbs 13:11

The English Standar Version

Wealth gained hastily[2] will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

Cross References

Job 20:15

He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.

Psalm 128:2

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

Proverbs 10:2

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

Proverbs 13:10

By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

Proverbs 13:12

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

Proverbs 20:21

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

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.[2]

Proverbs 28:20

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

Proverbs 28:22

A stingy man[3] hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Proverbs 28:8

Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit[1] gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.