Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 (A)Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 (B)So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 10:15
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15 The (A)rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 11:4
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Proverbs 11:28
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Proverbs 13:8
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8 The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,
But the poor does not hear rebuke.
Proverbs 14:20
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:20 Lit. many are the lovers of the rich
Proverbs 15:16
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16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord,
Than great treasure with trouble.
Proverbs 17:16
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16 Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom,
Since he has no heart for it?
Proverbs 18:11
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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own esteem.
Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor man uses entreaties,
But the rich answers (A)roughly.
Proverbs 19:4
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4 (A)Wealth makes many friends,
But the poor is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:6-7
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6 Many entreat the favor of the nobility,
And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.
7 (A)All the brothers of the poor hate him;
How much more do his friends go (B)far from him!
He may pursue them with words, yet they [a]abandon him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:7 Lit. are not
Proverbs 22:2
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Proverbs 22:7
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7 The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 23:4-5
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4 (A)Do not overwork to be rich;
(B)Because of your own understanding, cease!
5 [a]Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:5 Lit. Will you cause your eyes to fly upon it and it is not?
Proverbs 27:7
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7 A satisfied soul [a]loathes the honeycomb,
But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:7 tramples on
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs 28:8
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8 One who increases his possessions by usury and extortion
Gathers it for him who will pity the poor.
Proverbs 28:11
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11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes,
But the poor who has understanding searches him out.
Proverbs 28:20-22
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20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
(A)But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
22 A man with an evil eye hastens after riches,
And does not consider that (D)poverty will come upon him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:21 Lit. recognize faces
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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