He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.
Proverbs 13:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but he who gathers little by little will increase it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: But he that gathereth by labour shall increase. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Wealth [not earned but] won in haste or unjustly or from the production of things for vain or detrimental use [such riches] will dwindle away, but he who gathers little by little will increase [his riches]. American Standard Version (1901) Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase. Common English Bible Riches gotten quickly will dwindle, but those who acquire them gradually become wealthy. Catholic Public Domain Version Substance obtained in haste will be diminished. But what is collected by hand, little by little, shall be multiplied. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Substance got in haste shall be diminished: but that which by little and little is gathered with the hand shall increase. |
He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
By insolence the heedless make strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning will in the end not be blessed.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
A miserly man hastens after wealth, and does not know that want will come upon him.
He who augments his wealth by interest and increase gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
and those riches were lost in a bad venture; and he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.
Like the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by right; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.