Proverbs 13:11

Tree of Life Version

Wealth gained by fraud dwindles, but he who gathers by labor increases it.

Cross References

Job 20:15

He swallows riches and vomits them up; God empties it out of his stomach.

Psalm 128:2

for you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be blessed and it will be good for you.

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 13:10

Arrogance yields nothing but strife. Wisdom belongs to those who take advice.

Proverbs 13:12

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

Proverbs 20:21

An estate acquired quickly in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 21:6

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is like a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will have many blessings, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

A stingy man chases after riches, but does not know that poverty will overtake him.

Proverbs 28:8

Whoever increases his wealth by exorbitant interest, gathers it for one kinder to the poor.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

As he came from his mother’s womb, naked he will return as he came. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand.

Jeremiah 17:11

As a partridge that broods over young that she did not lay, so is one who gets wealth, unjustly. In the middle of his days it will abandon him, so at his end he will be a fool.