Proverbs 13:11

Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But the one who gathers by labor increases it.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death.

Job 15:28-29

“He has lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.

Job 20:15

“He swallows riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will expel them from his belly.

Job 20:19-22

“For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He has seized a house which he has not built.

Job 27:16-17

“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

Psalm 128:2

When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands,
You will be happy and it will be well with you.

Proverbs 13:22-23

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Proverbs 27:23-27

Know well the condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth
And does not know that want will come upon him.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.

Jeremiah 17:11

“As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in the end he will be a fool.”

“Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him,
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himself rich with loans?’

James 5:1-5

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

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Summary

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

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Bible References

Wealth

Ill-gotten gains do not profit,

But righteousness delivers from death.