Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Wealth
Bible References
Wealth
Proverbs 10:2 Ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death.
But righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
Will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 28:8 He who increases his wealth by interest and usury
Gathers itfor him who is gracious to the poor.
Gathers it
Job 15:28 “He has lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to becomeruins.
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become
Job 20:15 “He swallows riches,
But willvomit them up;
God will expel them from his belly.
But will
God will expel them from his belly.
Job 27:16 “Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
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 whomakes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And inthe end he will be a fool.”
So is he who
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in
Habakkuk 2:6 “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 himselfrich with loans?’
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘
For how long—
And makes himself
James 5:1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
He
Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And thewealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
And the
Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
Will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 27:23 Know well the condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;
And pay attention to your herds;
Psalm 128:2 When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands,
You will be happy andit will be well with you.
You will be happy and