Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Bible References
Gotten
Proverbs 23:4
Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth;
Cease from your own understanding of it.
Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth;
Cease from your own understanding of it.
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful (right-minded) man will abound with blessings,
But he who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.
A faithful (right-minded) man will abound with blessings,
But he who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].