Kawikaan 13:11

Filipino Cebuano Bible

11 Ang katigayonan nga maani sa kakawangan magakahanaw; Apan kadtong nagatigum pinaagi sa pagpamoo adunay kauswagan.

Bible Verse Review
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Wealth: Proverbs 10:2, Proverbs 20:21, Proverbs 28:8, Job 15:28, Job 15:29, Job 20:15, Job 20:19-22, Job 27:16, Job 27:17, Ecclesiastes 5:14, Jeremiah 17:11, Habakkuk 2:6, Habakkuk 2:7, James 5:1-5

he: Proverbs 13:22, Proverbs 13:23, Proverbs 20:21, Proverbs 27:23-27, Psalms 128:2

by labour: Heb. with the hand

Reciprocal: Judges 19:16 - his work Proverbs 13:7 - is that maketh himself rich Proverbs 21:6 - getting Proverbs 28:20 - but Ephesians 4:28 - labour

Gill's Notes on the 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 vain practices, as by cards or dice, and by stage playing and the like; or by curious and illicit arts, as necromancy, judiciary astrology, and such like things; whatever is gotten in a wicked way very seldom lasts long; it lessens by little and little till it comes to nothing f; see

Jeremiah 17:11; and sometimes very quickly and suddenly, all at once; thus that mass of riches which the church of Rome has got together by her vain and wicked practices, by her idolatry, pardons, and indulgences, will in one hour come to nought, Revelation 18:17;

but he that gathereth by labour shall increase, or "that gathereth by the hand" or "in [it]" g; by hand labour in an honest way, or with the diligent hand, which maketh rich; who labours with his hand and gets by in sufficient to support himself and his family, and to give to the necessities of others; who does not lay it up in coffers, but keeps it in his hand to distribute; such generally thrive and flourish: some copies read it, "he that gathereth, עד, unto the hand" h, that gathers and puts it into the hands of others; that liberally communicates to the poor; he shall increase, as commonly liberal persons do; so the Targum,

"he that gathereth and giveth to the poor shall increase in substance.''

f "De malo quaesitis vix gaudet tertius baeres", Herat. g על יד "in manu", Pagninus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator "super manu", Gussetius, p. 310. "super manum", Michaelis, Schultens. h "Usque ad manum", Montantus.

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; they come and go, but the power to gain by skill of hand (“labor”) is everything.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 ministering to the pride or luxury of others, &c., soon become dissipated. They are not gotten in the way of Providence, and have not God's blessing, and therefore are not permanent.