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Proverbs 13:11

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

KJV

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

Vulgate

ὕπαρξις ἐπισπουδαζομένη μετὰ ἀνομίας ἐλάσσων γίνεται, ὁ δὲ συνάγων ἑαυτῷ μετ’ εὐσεβείας πληθυνθήσεται· δίκαιος οἰκτείρει καὶ κιχρᾷ.

LXX

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

ASV

ה֭וֹן מֵ/הֶ֣בֶל יִמְעָ֑ט וְ/קֹבֵ֖ץ עַל יָ֣ד יַרְבֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֣וֹן
hvn
noun · 26×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
הָֽבֶל
hbl
noun · 73×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יִמְעַ֣ט
ym't
verb · 22×
ם
m
verb · 125×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eph 4:28 — Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
  • Hab 2:6 — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick cl
  • Jas 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
  • Jer 17:11 — As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
  • Jer 17:11 — As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
  • Job 20:15 — He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
  • Job 27:16 — Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
  • Prov 10:2 — Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
  • Prov 13:7 — There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
  • Prov 13:22 — A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
  • Prov 20:21 — An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
  • Prov 21:6 — The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
  • Prov 27:23 — Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
  • Prov 28:8 — He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
  • Prov 28:20 — A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
  • Prov 28:20 — A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
  • Prov 28:22 — He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
  • Ps 128:2 — For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.