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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 may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. (Prov. 20:21)
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with the hand.
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Psa. 128:2• 2For thou shalt eat the labor of thine 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 may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. (Prov. 20:21)
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Prov. 28:8• 8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. (Prov. 28:8)
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Job 15:28‑29• 28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
 29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. (Job 15:28‑29)
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Job 20:15,19‑22• 15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
 19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
 20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
 21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
 22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked 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 raiment 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• 14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. (Eccl. 5:14)
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Jer. 17:11• 11As 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. (Jer. 17:11)
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Hab. 2:6‑7• 6Shall 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!
 7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake 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 men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
 2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
 3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
 4Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
 5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; 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: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
 23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. (Prov. 13:22‑23)
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Prov. 20:21• 21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. (Prov. 20:21)
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Prov. 27:23‑27• 23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
 24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
 25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
 26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
 27And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. (Prov. 27:23‑27)
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Psa. 128:2• 2For thou shalt eat the labor of thine 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.