Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But the one who gathers by labor increases it.

King James Version

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Holman Bible

Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,
but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הון 
Hown 
Usage: 26

הבל הבל 
hebel 
Usage: 73

but he that gathereth
קבץ 
Qabats 
Usage: 127

by labour
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

Context Readings

A Wise Son Lives Righteously

10 By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom. 11 Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But the one who gathers by labor increases it.
12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

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.

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