They swallow down riches and vomit them up again; God casts them out of their bellies.
Proverbs 13:11 - New Revised Standard Version Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but those who gather little by little will increase it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
They swallow down riches and vomit them up again; God casts them out of their bellies.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
By insolence the heedless make strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
An estate quickly acquired in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
The faithful will abound with blessings, but one who is in a hurry to be rich will not go unpunished.
The miser is in a hurry to get rich and does not know that loss is sure to come.
One who augments wealth by exorbitant interest gathers it for another who is kind to the poor.
and those riches were lost in a bad venture; though they are parents of children, they have nothing in their hands.
Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay, so are all who amass wealth unjustly; in mid-life it will leave them, and at their end they will prove to be fools.