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Proverbs 13

Prov. 13:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wealth
hown (Hebrew #1952)
wealth; by implication, enough
KJV usage: enough, + for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: hone
Origin: from the same as 1951 in the sense of 202
m gotten by vanity
hebel (Hebrew #1892)
from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV usage: X altogether, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: heh'bel
Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}
shall be diminished
ma`at (Hebrew #4591)
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
KJV usage: suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, X borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (X give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
Pronounce: maw-at'
Origin: a primitive root
: but he that gathereth
qabats (Hebrew #6908)
to grasp, i.e. collect
KJV usage: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, X surely, take up.
Pronounce: kaw-bats'
Origin: a primitive root
φby labor
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
n shall increase
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 20:21• 21An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. (Prov. 20:21)
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with the hand.
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Psa. 128:2• 2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. (Psa. 128:2)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Wealth.
Prov. 10:2• 2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 10:2)
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Prov. 20:21• 21An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. (Prov. 20:21)
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Prov. 28:8• 8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor. (Prov. 28:8)
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Job 15:28‑29• 28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
 29He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth. (Job 15:28‑29)
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Job 20:15,19‑22• 15He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: *God shall cast them out of his belly.
 19For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
 20Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
 21Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
 22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him. (Job 20:15,19‑22)
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Job 27:16‑17• 16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
 17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver. (Job 27:16‑17)
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Eccl. 5:14• 14or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand. (Eccl. 5:14)
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Jer. 17:11• 11As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool. (Jer. 17:11)
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Hab. 2:6‑7• 6Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long?--and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!
 7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and they awake up that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? (Hab. 2:6‑7)
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James 5:1‑5• 1Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.
 2Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten.
 3Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days.
 4Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
 5Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter; (James 5:1‑5)
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Prov. 13:22‑23• 22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous man.
 23Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment. (Prov. 13:22‑23)
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Prov. 20:21• 21An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. (Prov. 20:21)
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Prov. 27:23‑27• 23Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
 24for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?
 25The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
 26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
 27and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens. (Prov. 27:23‑27)
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Psa. 128:2• 2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. (Psa. 128:2)
by labour.
Heb. with the hand.
• That which comes easily, easily slips away. It is treasure for which one has toiled that he really values, and is careful in the use of. The principle abides when applied to the true riches, the precious truth of God. (“Proverbs Thirteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wealth gotten by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase it.