Verse Proverbs 13:11. _WEALTH_ GOTTEN _BY VANITY_] Wealth that is not the result of _honest industry_ and _hard labour_ is seldom permanent. All fortunes acquired by speculation, lucky hits, and mini...
BY VANITY - literally, “by a breath,” i. e., by a windfall, or sudden stroke of fortune, not by honest labor. The general meaning seems to be that the mere possession of riches is as nothing; they com...
CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the righteous, illust...
PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:1...
BY LABOUR. by the hand: "hand"being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the labour effected by it....
_by vanity_ i.e. by untrustworthy methods, such as speculation, gambling, high rate of interest with poor security (comp. Proverbs 21:6), in contrast to hard work, _by labour_(lit. _with the hand_). T...
TEXT Proverbs 13:10-17 10. By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom. 11. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increa...
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. WEALTH (GOTTEN) BY VANITY SHALL BE DIMINISHED: BUT HE THAT GATHERETH BY LABOUR (HEBREW, WITH THE HAND) S...
2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....
The proverb originally ran: 'Wealth gotten in haste, etc., but wealth gotten by degrees,' etc. 'Come lightly, go lightly.'...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 13 V1 A wise son obeys his father’s instructions. Someone who insults other people will not listen to words of correction....
An evil person does not spend his money wisely. Often he does not save it for the future. He wastes it. Perhaps he spends it on beer and wine. Perhaps he places bets. Perhaps he takes risks. Sometimes...
WEALTH GOTTEN BY VANITY. — As we should say, “in an unsatisfactory manner,” that is to say, by dishonesty....
הֹ֖ון מֵ הֶ֣בֶל יִמְעָ֑ט וְ קֹבֵ֖ץ עַל
CHAPTER 14 PRIDE AND HUMILITY "A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1 “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but he tha...
Verse Proverbs 13:2. Compare this with Proverbs 12:14. As the words of a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of transgressors react upon themselves. Verse Proverbs 13:5. The...
(e) Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth (f) by labour shall increase. (e) That is, goods evil gotten. (f) That is, with his own labour....
_Haste. Hebrew, "by vanity," and injustice. Those who become rich on a sudden fall under suspicion, as a Roman objected to Sylla, who had inherited nothing. (Plut.[Plutarch?]) --- By little. Hebrew, ...
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Only by pride cometh contention: but with...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
WEALTH [GOTTEN] BY VANITY SHALL BE DIMINISHED,.... In an unjust or unlawful way, either by robbery and theft, as Aben Ezra; or by fraud and tricking, by overreaching and circumventing others; or by va...
Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. Ver. 11. _Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished._] _De male quaesitis vix gaudet tertius haeres,_...
_Wealth gotten by vanity_ By vain, or deceitful, or wicked practices; _shall be diminished_ Because the curse of God attends it, and the same corrupt dispositions which incline men to sinful ways of g...
V. 11. WEALTH GOTTEN BY VANITY, gained by deceit and fraud, SHALL BE DIMINISHED, since the blessing of the Lord does not rest upon it; BUT HE THAT GATHERETH BY LABOR, by hard, steady, and honest work,...
BY LABOUR: _ Heb._ with the hand...
BY VANITY; by vain, or deceitful, or wicked practices. _Shall be diminished_, because the curse of God attends upon it. BY LABOUR; by diligence in an honest calling....
Proverbs 13:11 Wealth H1952 dishonesty H1892 diminished H4591 (H8799) gathers H6908 (H8802) labor H3027 increase H7
TRUE RICHES ARE FOUND THROUGH RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM, WHILST THOSE WHO IGNORE THAT WISDOM ARE THE TRULY POOR (PROVERBS 13:7). In this subsection genuine ‘riches' are contrasted with transient and...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The destruction of sinners is unavoidable, for God's wrath pursues them, and whom God pursues is sure to be overtaken. The...
Proverbs 13:1. A _wise son heareth his father's instruction._ This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, an...
_Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase._ RIGHT METHODS OF OBTAINING WEALTH The text implies three things. I. That wealth in itself is a good th...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 13:11. VANITY, rather “fraud.” BY LABOUR, literally “by the hand.” or “handful after handful.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:11_ TWO WAYS OF GROWING RICH I. WEALTH CAN B...
EXPOSITION VERSE 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. PROVERBS 13:1 A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebr...
In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the scorner, the transgressor and the good man. A wise son hears his fa...
Ecclesiastes 5:14; Habakkuk 2:6; Habakkuk 2:7; James 5:1; Jeremiah 1
Vanity — By wicked practices....