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
Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 20:21
The heritage that cometh too hastily at the first, shall not be praised at the end.
Proverbs 28:8
Whoso increaseth his riches by vantage and winning, let him gather them to help the poor withal.
Job 15:28
Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, but are become heaps of stones.
Job 20:15
The riches that he devoured, shall he vomit out again; for God shall draw them out of his belly.
Job 27:16
Though he have as much money as the dust of the earth, and raiment as ready as the clay,
Ecclesiastes 5:14
For oft times they perish with his great misery and trouble: and if he have a child it getteth nothing.
Jeremiah 17:11
The deceitful maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no young: He cometh by riches, but not righteously. In the midst of his life must he leave them behind him, and at the last be found a very fool.
Habakkuk 2:6
But shall not all these take up a proverb against him, and mock him with a byword, and say, "Woe unto him that heapeth up other men's goods: How long will he lade himself with thick clay?"
James 5:1
Go to now, ye rich men. Weep, and howl on your wretchedness that shall come upon you.
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Proverbs 13:22
which their children's children shall have in possession - for the riches of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 20:21
The heritage that cometh too hastily at the first, shall not be praised at the end.
Proverbs 27:23
See that thou know the number of thy cattle thy self, and look well to thy flocks.
Psalm 128:2
For thou shalt eat the labours of thine own hands; O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.