Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.
New American Standard Bible
But the one who gathers
King James Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Holman Bible
but whoever earns it through labor
International Standard Version
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but whoever works diligently increases his prosperity.
A Conservative Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
American Standard Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.
Amplified
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].
Bible in Basic English
Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
Darby Translation
Wealth gotten by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase it.
Julia Smith Translation
Wealth from vanity shall be diminished: and he gathering with the hand, shall increase.
King James 2000
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Wealth [gained] from haste will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little} will increase it.
Modern King James verseion
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be taken away, but he who gathers by hand shall increase.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hastily gotten goods are soon spent; but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase.
New Heart English Bible
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
The Emphasized Bible
Wealth gotten by greed, diminisheth, but, he that gathereth by little, increaseth.
Webster
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labor shall increase.
World English Bible
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
Youngs Literal Translation
Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
Themes
Business life » Fidelity » Industry
Industry » Leads to » Increase of substance
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Get, by vanity
Vanity » Wealth gotten by vanity
Vanity » Wealth gotten by, diminishes
Virtues » Industry » Commended
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 13:11
Prayers for Proverbs 13:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wise Son Lives Righteously
10 With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised. 11 Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich. 12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 10:2
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
Job 15:28-29
he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.
Job 20:15
The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.
Job 20:19-22
For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.
Job 27:16-17
If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,
Psalm 128:2
You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.
Proverbs 13:22-23
A benevolent person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds,
Proverbs 28:8
The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 28:22
The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
Ecclesiastes 5:14
Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.
Jeremiah 17:11
The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."
Habakkuk 2:6-7
"But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: 'The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) -- he who gets rich by extortion!'
James 5:1-5
Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.