Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.
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.
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.
NET Bible
Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.
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 By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom. 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase. 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Job 15:28-29
And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
Job 20:15
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.
Job 20:19-22
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Job 27:16-17
Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
Psalm 128:2
For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Proverbs 13:22-23
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:
Proverbs 28:8
He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 28:22
he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
Ecclesiastes 5:14
and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
Habakkuk 2:6-7
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!
James 5:1-5
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.