Proverbs 13:11 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Substance got in haste shall be diminished: but that which by little and little is gathered with the hand shall increase.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: But he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ 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)

¹¹ Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Riches gotten quickly will dwindle, but those who acquire them gradually become wealthy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Substance obtained in haste will be diminished. But what is collected by hand, little by little, shall be multiplied.

English Standard Version 2016

¹¹ Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

Proverbs 13:11 Cross References

Job 20:15

The riches which he hath swallowed, he shall vomit up: and God shall draw them out of his belly.

Psalm 128:2

Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

Proverbs 13:10

Among the proud there are always contentions: but they that do all things with counsel, are ruled by wisdom.

Proverbs 13:12

Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul: desire when it cometh is a tree of life.

Proverbs 20:21

The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.

Proverbs 21:6

He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.

Proverbs 28:22

A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

Proverbs 28:8

He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days he shall leave them: and in his latter end he shall be a fool.