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
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money
Proverbs 28:20
A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain