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Proverbs 13:11

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Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
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  1. Proverbs 20:21Rank 1 from verse 11
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    21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  2. Proverbs 10:2Rank 2 from verse 11
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    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  3. James 5:1–5Rank 3 from verse 11
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    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 labourers 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.

  4. Proverbs 28:8Rank 4 from verse 11
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    8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

  5. Job 27:16–17Rank 5 from verse 11
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    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.

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Proverbs 13:11

COMBINED MEANING

wealth

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1. Riches, possessions, or material resources. 2. Prosperity, welfare, or well-being.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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vanity

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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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diminished

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of diminish, meaning to make or become less; to reduce, lessen, take away from, withhold part of, or decrease in amount, extent, strength, rank, or number.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

labour

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1. Work, toil, effort, exertion, service, or the product of work. 2. Weariness or trouble. 3. Travail in childbirth. 4. To work, strive, serve, or exert oneself.

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increase

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Sense 1: Growth, produce, yield, offspring, gain, or enlargement. Sense 2: To grow, multiply, add to, enlarge, or intensify.

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10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

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12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

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