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

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

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11 (A)Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished,
But he who gathers by labor will increase.

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A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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(A)Getting treasures by a lying tongue
[a]Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 LXX Pursue vanity on the snares of death; Vg. Is vain and foolish, and shall stumble on the snares of death; Tg. They shall be destroyed, and they shall fall who seek death