Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Matthew Henry
This shows that riches wear as they are won and woven. 1. That which is won ill will never wear well, for a curse attends it which will waste it, and the same corrupt dispositions which incline men to…
Cambridge Bible
by vanity i.e. by untrustworthy methods, such as speculation, gambling, high rate of interest with poor security (comp. Pro 21:6), in contrast to hard work, by labour(lit. with the hand). The word…
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