Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Wealth

Proverbs 10:2
Ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.
Job 15:28
“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 27:16
“Though he piles up silver like dust
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 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.”
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 himself rich with loans?’
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 the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 27:23
Know well the condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds;
Psalm 128:2
When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands,
You will be happy and it will be well with you.