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Proverbs 10:2 (Listen)

fTreasures gained by wickedness do not profit,

gbut righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 13:11 (Listen)

11 gWealth gained hastily1 will dwindle,

but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

Footnotes

[1] 13:11 Or by fraud

Proverbs 20:17 (Listen)

17 zBread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,

but afterward his mouth will be full of agravel.

Proverbs 20:21 (Listen)

21 iAn inheritance gained hastily in the beginning

will not be blessed in the end.