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
The treasures of lawlessness, do not profit, but, righteousness, delivereth from death.
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning, the latter end thereof, shall not bring blessing.
Proverbs 28:8
He that increaseth his substance by interest and profit, for one ready to favour the poor, doth gather it.
Job 15:28
And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.
Job 20:15
Wealth, hath he swallowed, and hath vomited the same, Out of his belly, shall, GOD, drive it forth:
Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,
Ecclesiastes 5:14
and those riches perish, by being ill employed, - and though he begetteth a son, yet is there in his hand nothing at all.
Jeremiah 17:11
As a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, So is he that maketh riches but not with justice, - In the midst of his days, shall he leave them, And in his latter end, prove to have been base.
Habakkuk 2:6
Shall not, these, all of them, against him, take up - a taunt, a mocking poem, enigmatical sentences - concerning him? And say - Alas! for him who maketh abundance in what is not his own, How long? that he should be burdening himself with heavy debts?
James 5:1
Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:
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Proverbs 13:22
A good man, leaveth an inheritance to children's children, but, laid up for the righteous, is the wealth of the sinner.
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning, the latter end thereof, shall not bring blessing.
Proverbs 27:23
Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;