^9 (A)Honor the Lord from your wealth,
And from the ^(B)first of all your produce;
¹⁰ Then your ^(C)barns will be filled with plenty,
And your ^(D)vats will overflow with new wine.

6 My son, if you have become a ^(A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,
² If you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Or caught by the words of your mouth,
³ Then do this, my son, and save yourself:
Since you have come into the ^[a]hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.
⁴ Give no ^(B)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
⁵ Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand,
And like a ^(C)bird from the hand of the fowler.

^2 [a](A)Ill-gotten gains do not benefit,
But righteousness rescues from death.

³ The Lord ^(A)will not allow the ^[a]righteous to hunger,
But He ^(B)will ^[b]reject the craving of the wicked.

⁴ Poor is one who works with ^[a]a lazy hand,
But the ^(A)hand of the diligent makes rich.

¹⁵ The ^(A)rich person’s wealth is his ^[a]fortress,
The ^(B)ruin of the poor is their poverty.

¹⁶ The ^[a](A)wages of the righteous is life,
The income of the wicked, punishment.

^4 (A)Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath,
But ^(B)righteousness rescues from death.