Proverbs 13:11 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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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.

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.

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

He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

Psalm 128:2

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: But righteousness delivereth from death.

Proverbs 13:10

Only by pride cometh contention: But with the well advised is wisdom.

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Proverbs 28:22

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Proverbs 28:8

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, He shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.