Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
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.)
By little. Hebrew, "he that gathereth by labour, (Septuagint, piety) shall increase. "(Protestants) (Haydock)