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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BY LABOUR. by the hand: "hand"being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_
(of Cause), App-6, for the labour effected by it....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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WEALTH GOTTEN BY VANITY. — As we should say, “in an unsatisfactory
manner,” that is to say, by dishonesty....
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הֹ֖ון מֵ הֶ֣בֶל יִמְעָ֑ט וְ קֹבֵ֖ץ עַל
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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...
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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...
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(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....
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_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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,_...
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_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...
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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,...
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BY LABOUR:
_ Heb._ with the hand...
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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....
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Proverbs 13:11 Wealth H1952 dishonesty H1892 diminished H4591 (H8799)
gathers H6908 (H8802) labor H3027 increase H7
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 13:11 WEALTH GAINED HASTILY WILL DWINDLE.
The person who receives sudden wealth has not worked for it enough to
understand its value and has not gained sufficient skill in ma...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ecclesiastes 5:14; Habakkuk 2:6; Habakkuk 2:7; James 5:1; Jeremiah 1
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Vanity — By wicked practices....