Proverbs 13:11

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

Wealth from vanity is diminished, and the one gathering by the hand becomes great.

Latin

Substantia festinata minuetur; quæ autem paulatim colligitur manu, multiplicabitur.

Hebrew

English

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

Theme notes and profiles

Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 10:2
Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
James 5:1–5
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
Job 27:16–17
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Proverbs 27:23–27
Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 13:22–23
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
Proverbs 28:22
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
Psalm 128:2
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Jeremiah 17:11
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
Habakkuk 2:6–7
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’