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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;
But righteousness delivereth from death.

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:11 Hebrew with the hand.

17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man,
    but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

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17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;
But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning,
    won’t be blessed in the end.

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21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

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