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20 Precious treasure remains[a] in the house of the wise,
    but the fool devours it.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21.20 Gk: Heb and oil

20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
    but fools gulp theirs down.

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When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.

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The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps.

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Wealth and riches are in their houses,
    and their righteousness endures forever.

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Wealth and riches(A) are in their houses,
    and their righteousness endures(B) forever.

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19 Likewise, all to whom God gives wealth and possessions and whom he enables to enjoy them and to accept their lot and find enjoyment in their toil—this is the gift of God.(A)

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19 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions,(A) and the ability to enjoy them,(B) to accept their lot(C) and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.(D)

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11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance,
    an advantage to those who see the sun.(A)

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11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing(A)
    and benefits those who see the sun.(B)

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In the house of the righteous there is much treasure,
    but trouble befalls the income of the wicked.

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The house of the righteous contains great treasure,(A)
    but the income of the wicked brings ruin.(B)

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22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
    and toil adds nothing to it.(A)

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22 The blessing of the Lord(A) brings wealth,(B)
    without painful toil for it.(C)

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The Parable of the Dishonest Manager

16 Then Jesus[a] said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property.(A)

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  1. 16.1 Gk he

The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

16 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.(A)

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14 When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that region, and he began to be in need.

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14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.

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You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.(A)

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You prepare a table(A) before me
    in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;(B)
    my cup(C) overflows.

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45 The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil, for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.(A)

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45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.(A)

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The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

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The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’(A)

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Concerning Treasures

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust[a] consume and where thieves break in and steal,(A) 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust[b] consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.19 Gk eating
  2. 6.20 Gk eating

Treasures in Heaven(A)

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,(B) where moths and vermin destroy,(C) and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,(D) where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.(E)

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