Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be taken away, but he who gathers by hand shall increase.

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 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 pride comes argument, but with those who take advice is wisdom. 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be taken away, but he who gathers by hand shall increase. 12 Hope put off makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.



Cross References

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, even the end of it shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivers from death.

Job 15:28-29

And he lives in cut off cities, in houses where none are living, which are ready to become heaps.

Job 20:15

He swallows riches, but vomits it; God shall cast them out of his belly.

Job 20:19-22

For he pressed down and forsook the poor; he stole a house, but he had not built it.

Job 27:16-17

Though he heaps up silver like the dust, and prepares clothing like the clay,

Psalm 128:2

For you shall surely eat the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and all is well with you.

Proverbs 13:22-23

A good man leaves an inheritance to his sons' sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Proverbs 27:23-27

Know well the face of your flocks; set your heart on your herds.

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by interest and unjust gain, he shall gather it for him who will pity the poor.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall overflow with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Proverbs 28:22

He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

But those riches perish by evil use. And he brings forth a son, and nothing is in his hand.

Jeremiah 17:11

The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.

Habakkuk 2:6-7

Shall not all these lift up a parable against him, and a mocking riddle to him, and say, Woe to him who increases what is not his! Until when, then, shall he load the pledges on himself?

James 5:1-5

Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on.

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