Parallel Verses
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.
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 insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
11
But the one who gathers
Cross References
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 10:2
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Job 15:28-29
and has lived in desolate cities, in houses that none should inhabit, which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
Job 20:15
He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.
Job 20:19-22
For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build.
Job 27:16-17
Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay,
Psalm 128:2
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
Proverbs 13:22-23
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds,
Proverbs 28:8
Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 28:22
A stingy manhastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.
Ecclesiastes 5:14
and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.
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.
Habakkuk 2:6-7
Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say, "Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own-- for how long?-- and loads himself with pledges!"
James 5:1-5
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.