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
Pride shall certainly give birth to contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
11
But the one who gathers
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 delivers from death.
Job 15:28-29
and he dwelt in desolate cities and in houses which no one inhabited, which were in heaps.
Job 20:15
He has swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.
Job 20:19-22
Because he oppressed and forsook the poor; because he has violently taken away houses which he did not build,
Job 27:16-17
Though he heaps up silver as the dust and prepares raiment as the clay,
Psalm 128:2
When thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Proverbs 13:22-23
A good man shall leave an inheritance to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Be thou diligent to know the countenance of thy sheep, and put thy heart into thy herds.
Proverbs 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Proverbs 28:20
The man of truth shall abound with blessings, but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be absolved.
Proverbs 28:22
He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.
Ecclesiastes 5:14
which are lost by evil pursuits and to the sons which he has begotten; there is nothing left in his hand.
Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge that steals that which she did not hatch, is he that gets riches and not with righteousness; in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
Habakkuk 2:6-7
Shall not all these take up a parable against him and a taunting enigma against him and say, Woe to him that multiplied that which was not his! And for how long would he pile thick clay upon himself?
James 5:1-5
Come now, Oh ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.