“Substantia festinata minuetur ; quæ autem paulatim colligitur manu, multiplicabitur.”
“Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. by labour: Heb. with the hand”
“Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.”
“Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.”
“Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.”
Haste. Hebrew, “by vanity,” and injustice. Those who become rich on a sudden fall under suspicion, as a Roman objected to Sylla, who had inherited nothing. (Plut.[Plutarch?]) — By little. Hebrew, “he that gathereth by labour, (Septuagint, piety) shall increase.” (Protestants) (Haydock)
6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.