Proverbs 13:11 - New American Standard Bible 1995

¹¹ Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, But the one who gathers by labor increases it.

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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.

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.

Proverbs 13:11 Cross References

Job 20:15

He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly.

Psalm 128:2

When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands, You will be happy and it will be well with you.

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten gains do not profit, But righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 13:10

Through insolence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning Will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 21:6

The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth And does not know that want will come upon him.

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.

Jeremiah 17:11

As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid, So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly; In the midst of his days it will forsake him, And in the end he will be a fool.”