Proverbs 13:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labourc shall increase. ”

• Proverbs 13:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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; the...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (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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• Proverbs 13:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 Proverb...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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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• Proverbs 13:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. Wealth gotten by vanity - Wealth that is not the result of honest industry and hard labor is seldom perm...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 h...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM).

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Wealth gotten by vanity. — As we should say, “in an unsatisfactory manner,” that is to say, by dishonesty.

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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 h...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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:...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 wit...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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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• Proverbs 13:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.       This shows that riches wear as they are won and woven. 1. That which is won ill will...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  True Riches Are Found Through Responding To God's Wisdom, Whilst Those Who Ignore That Wisdom Are The Truly Poor ( Proverbs 13:7-11 ). In this subsection genuine ‘riches' are contrasted with trans...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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....

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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,...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 go...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 m...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 hones...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ecclesiastes 5:14 ; Habakkuk 2:6 ; Habakkuk 2:7 ; James 5:1-5 ; Jeremiah 17:11 ; Job 15:28 ; Job 15:29 ; Job 20:15 ; Job 20:19-22 ; Job 27:16 ; Job 27:17 ; Proverbs 10:2 ; Proverbs 20:21...

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• Proverbs 13:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Vanity — By wicked practices.

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