Proverbs 13:11

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Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

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  • Prov 20:21 : 21 An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.
  • Prov 10:2 : 2 Treasures gained through wickedness bring no benefit, but righteousness rescues from death.
  • Jas 5:1-5 : 1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. 5 You have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds. 24 For riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations. 25 When the hay is removed, and new growth appears, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered, 26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. 27 There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance of your servant girls.
  • Job 20:15 : 15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God drives it out of his stomach.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothes like clay, 17 he may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide his silver.
  • Ps 128:2 : 2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; you will be blessed, and it will go well with you.
  • Job 20:19-22 : 19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house he did not build. 20 Because he knew no peace in his heart, he will not retain any of his treasures. 21 Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last. 22 In the fullness of his plenty, he will be distressed; the hand of all who toil will come upon him.
  • Prov 13:22-23 : 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous. 23 An abundance of food may come from the land of the poor, but it is sometimes swept away for lack of justice.
  • Eccl 5:14 : 14 As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.
  • Hab 2:6-7 : 6 Will not all these take up a taunt against him, with mocking sayings and riddles? They will say, "Woe to him who amasses what is not his! How long will this go on? And who weighs himself down with stolen goods?" 7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will not those who make you tremble wake up? Then you will become their plunder.
  • Job 15:28-29 : 28 he will dwell in desolated cities, in houses no one inhabits, destined to become ruins. 29 He will no longer be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread out across the land.

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