Proverbs 13:11

In 11 translations

BSB

Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

KJV

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.by labour: Heb. with the hand

WEB

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

ASV

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

LSV

Wealth from vanity becomes little, || And whoever is gathering by the hand becomes great.

YLT

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

DBY

Wealth [gotten] by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase [it].

DRC

Substance got in haste shall be diminished: but that which by little and little is gathered with the hand shall increase.

GNV

The riches of vanitie shall diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.

JPS

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; but he that gathereth little by little shall increase.

LXXE

Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.

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Original-language editions

WLC

ה֭וֹן מֵהֶ֣בֶל יִמְעָ֑ט וְקֹבֵ֖ץ עַל־יָ֣ד יַרְבֶּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ὕπαρξις ἐπισπουδαζομένη μετὰ ἀνομίας, ἐλάσσων γίνεται, ὁ δὲ συνάγων ἑαυτῷ μετʼ εὐσεβείας πληθυνθήσεται· δίκαιος οἰκτείρει καὶ κιχρᾷ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 20:21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
• Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
• James 5:1–5Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and…
• Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
• Proverbs 28:20A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
• Proverbs 27:23–27Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds; for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation. When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from…
• Proverbs 13:22–23A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous. Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
• Job 27:16–17Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
• Proverbs 28:22A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
• Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
• Psalms 128:2For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
• Habakkuk 2:6–7Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ Will not your creditors…
• Job 20:15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
• Job 15:28–29he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble. He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
• Ecclesiastes 5:14or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
• Job 20:19–22For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build. Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure. Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity…

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