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

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.

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 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!

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