Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch , so is he who gets riches but not by justice ; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool .

Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay are those who gain riches by unjust means. When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them, and in the end they will prove to be fools.

As the partridge sitteth on eggs , and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.