Proverbs 13:11
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 13
“Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.”Proverbs 13:11
What Does Proverbs 13:11 Mean?
Proverbs 13:11 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 13, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Poverty & Wealth.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 13:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 20:21“An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.”Proverbs 10:2“Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.”Proverbs 21:6“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.”Proverbs 28:20“A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.”James 5:1“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.”Proverbs 28:8“He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.”Job 27:16“Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;”Proverbs 13:7“There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.”Proverbs 13:22“A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.”Proverbs 27:23“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.”Proverbs 28:22“He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.”Psalms 128:2“For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.”Jeremiah 17:11“As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.”Habakkuk 2:6“Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!”Job 20:15“He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.”Ephesians 4:28“Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.”Judges 19:16“And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.”Job 15:28“And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.”Job 20:19“Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;”Ecclesiastes 5:14“But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.”
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