Proverbs 13:11

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

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

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

Note by labour: Heb. with the hand

KJV · King James Version

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

WEB · World English Bible

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

ASV · American Standard Version

Topics Money

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

Wealth: Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 20:21; Proverbs 28:8; Job 15:28, 29; Job 20:15, 19–22; Job 27:16, 17; Ecclesiastes 5:14; Jeremiah 17:11; Habakkuk 2:6, 7; James 5:1–5
he: Proverbs 13:22, 23; Proverbs 20:21; Proverbs 27:23–27; Psalm 128:2