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
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 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 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.