Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
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- Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
- Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
- James 5:1–3 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.