Proverbs 13:11
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
הֶבֶל
hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
גָּרַע
gâraʻ
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
עָמָל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
תְּבוּאָה
tᵉbûwʼâh
income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּרַע gâraʻ
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
Study H1639 →אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →הֶבֶל hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
Study H1892 →עָמָל ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Study H5999 →Cross References
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
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