Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Wealth [gained] from haste will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little} will increase it.
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.
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 Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom [is] with those who take advice. 11 Wealth [gained] from haste will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little} will increase it. 12 Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled [is] a tree of life.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance acquired [hastily] {at the beginning} will not be blessed at its end.
Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Job 15:28-29
{he will dwell} [in] desolate cities, in houses that they should not inhabit, which are destined for rubble.
Job 20:15
He swallows riches, but he vomits them [up]; God drives them out from his stomach.
Job 20:19-22
for he has oppressed; he has abandoned [the] poor; he has seized a house but did not build it.
Job 27:16-17
If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay,
Psalm 128:2
You will indeed eat of the labor of your hands; you [will be] happy and [it will be] well with you.
Proverbs 13:22-23
He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren}, and stored up for the righteous [is] the wealth of a sinner.
Proverbs 27:23-27
You will surely know the {condition} of your flock; your heart attends to the herds.
Proverbs 28:8
He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 28:20
A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 28:22
He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.
Ecclesiastes 5:14
That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, {he has nothing to leave to him}.
Jeremiah 17:11
[Like] a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay [is] one who amasses wealth without justice. In the middle of his days it will leave him, and at his end he will [prove to] be a fool."
Habakkuk 2:6-7
Shall not all of these take up a taunt against him, with ridicule and riddles against him, saying, 'Woe to him who heaps up what is not his'? [For] how long? And, '[Woe to him] who makes himself heavy with pledges'?
James 5:1-5
Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!