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Treasures gained by wickedness produce no profit,
but righteousness saves from death.

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Treasures of wickedness do not profit,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,(A)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(B)

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11 Wealth gained out of thin air[a] shrinks,
but wealth accumulated by steady work grows.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or dishonestly. A variant in the versions is too quickly.

11 Wealth gained from haste[a] will dwindle,
    but he who gathers little by little[b] will increase it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or “vanity”
  2. Proverbs 13:11 Literally “upon the hand”

11 Dishonest money dwindles away,(A)
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

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17 Food gained dishonestly tastes sweet to a person,
but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

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17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man,
    but afterward, his mouth will be filled with gravel.

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17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,(A)
    but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.(B)

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21 An inheritance easily obtained[a] in the beginning
    will not be blessed in the end.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:21 The translation easily obtained is an alternate Hebrew reading. The main Hebrew reading is gotten by greed.

21 An inheritance acquired hastily at the beginning[a]
    will not be blessed at its end.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:21 Literally “at the first”

21 An inheritance claimed too soon
    will not be blessed at the end.

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