11Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.


In Context

8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

10 A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled is wisdom.

11 Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

12 Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life is the coming desire.

13 Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.

Proverbs 13:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:11Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:11Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:11Substance got in haste shall be diminished: but that which by little and little is gathered with the hand shall increase.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:11Wealth gotten by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall have increase.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labor shall increase.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase.