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 to gain wealth,
Cease from your consideration of it.
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

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