Proverbs 13:11

Proverbs chapter 13 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.10By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.

v.11This passage

v.12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 28:22

    He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

  • Job 15:28

    And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

  • Job 20:15

    He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.

  • Job 27:16

    Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;

  • Proverbs 13:22

    A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

  • Jeremiah 17:11

    As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.