Parallel Verses

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 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 Pride brings contention, but wisdom is with the well advised. 11 Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But the one who gathers by labor increases it.
12 Expectation deferred makes the heart sick. When the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but in the end it will not be blessed.

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures of wickedness (the morally wrong) profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

Job 15:28-29

He will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.

Job 20:15

He will spit out the riches he swallowed. God will make his stomach vomit them up.

Job 20:19-22

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor and left them destitute. He has violently seized houses he did not build.

Job 27:16-17

Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,

Psalm 128:2

You will certainly eat what your own hands have provided. Blessings to you! May things go well for you!

Proverbs 13:22-23

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. The wealth of the sinner is preserved for the righteous.

Proverbs 27:23-27

Be diligent to know the state of your flocks and attend to your herds.

Proverbs 28:8

He who becomes wealthy through unfair loans and interest collects them for the one who pitys the poor.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will have many blessings. But he who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

He who hurries to be rich has an evil eye. He does not think poverty will come to him.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he fathered a son, then there was no support for him.

Jeremiah 17:11

A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked fool.

Habakkuk 2:6-7

Will they all taunt him by directing clever sayings and riddles at him? They will say: How horrible it will be for the one who makes himself rich with what is not his own (by extortion) and makes himself wealthy on loans. How long will this go on?

James 5:1-5

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

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