Proverbs 13:11
New International Version
Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

New Living Translation
Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time.

English Standard Version
Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

Berean Standard Bible
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

King James Bible
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

New King James Version
Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, But he who gathers by labor will increase.

New American Standard Bible
Wealth obtained from nothing dwindles, But one who gathers by labor increases it.

NASB 1995
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, But the one who gathers by labor increases it.

NASB 1977
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, But the one who gathers by labor increases it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Wealth obtained from empty effort dwindles, But the one who gathers with his hand abounds.

Amplified Bible
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].

Christian Standard Bible
Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle, but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle, but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Property that comes by evil will decrease and he that gathers by righteousness will increase.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.

Contemporary English Version
Money wrongly gained will disappear bit by bit; money earned little by little will grow and grow.

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

English Revised Version
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall have increase.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Wealth [gained] through injustice dwindles away, but whoever gathers little by little has plenty.

Good News Translation
The more easily you get your wealth, the sooner you will lose it. The harder it is to earn, the more you will have.

International Standard Version
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but whoever works diligently increases his prosperity.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth little by little shall increase.

Literal Standard Version
Wealth from vanity becomes little, | And whoever is gathering by the hand becomes great.

Majority Standard Bible
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

New American Bible
Wealth won quickly dwindles away, but gathered little by little, it grows.

NET Bible
Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

New Revised Standard Version
Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but those who gather little by little will increase it.

New Heart English Bible
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labor shall increase.

World English Bible
Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Young's Literal Translation
Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

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Context
A Father's Discipline
10Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised. 11Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied. 12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.…

Cross References
Proverbs 13:10
Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 21:6
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.


Treasury of Scripture

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase.

wealth

Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

he

Proverbs 13:22,23
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just…

Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 27:23-27
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds…

by labour with the hand

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(11) Wealth gotten by vanity.--As we should say, "in an unsatisfactory manner," that is to say, by dishonesty.

Verse 11. - Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; literally, wealth by a breath; i.e. wealth obtained without labour and exertion, or by illegitimate and dishonest means, is soon dissipated, is not blessed by God, and has no stability. Vulgate, "riches acquired hastily;" Septuagint, "substance gotten hastily with iniquity." This makes the antithesis more marked, the contrast being between wealth gotten hastily and that acquired by diligent labour. Cito nata, cito pereunt, "Quickly won, quickly gone" (see on Proverbs 20:21; 21:5). Says the Greek maxim -

Μὴ σπεῦδε πλουτεῖν μὴ ταχὺς πένης γένῃ

"Haste not for wealth, lest thou be quickly poor." He that gathereth by labour; literally, with the hand, handful after handful. Vulgate, paulatim, "little by little," by patient industry. Labor improbus omnia vincit. Septuagint, "He that gathereth for himself with piety shall be increased." Then is added, "A good man is merciful and lendeth," from Psalm 37:26. The Septuagint here uses the term εὐσέβεια, which is received in St. Paul's pastoral Epistles and St. Peter's, taking the place of the earlier phrase, φόβος Κυρίου,

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Dishonest
מֵהֶ֣בֶל (mê·he·ḇel)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

wealth
ה֭וֹן (hō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1952: Wealth, sufficiency

will dwindle,
יִמְעָ֑ט (yim·‘āṭ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4591: To pare off, lessen, in, to be, small, few

but what is earned
וְקֹבֵ֖ץ (wə·qō·ḇêṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6908: To gather, collect

through
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

hard work
יָ֣ד (yāḏ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

will be multiplied.
יַרְבֶּֽה׃ (yar·beh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great


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