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Great treasure is in the house of the righteous,
    but the gain of the wicked brings trouble.

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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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16 Better a little with fear of the Lord
    than a great treasure with turmoil.
17 Better a meal of greens with love
    than a plump calf with hate.

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16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great wealth with turmoil.(A)

17 Better a small serving of vegetables with love
    than a fattened calf with hatred.(B)

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20 Those with insight find prosperity;
    those who trust the Lord are blessed.

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20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,[a](A)
    and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:20 Or whoever speaks prudently finds what is good

11 The riches of the wealthy are a strong city
    and like a high wall in their imagination.

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11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
    they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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Riches increase one’s friends,
    but the poor lose their friends.

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Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.(A)

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21 Inheritance gained quickly at first
    won’t bless later on.

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21 An inheritance claimed too soon
    will not be blessed at the end.

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The plans of the diligent end up in profit,
    but those who hurry end up with loss.
Those who gain treasure with lies
    are like a drifting fog, leading to death.

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The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

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

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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 reward of humility and the fear of the Lord
    is wealth, honor, and life.

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Humility is the fear of the Lord;
    its wages are riches and honor(A) and life.(B)

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The wealthy rule over the poor;
    a borrower is a slave to a lender.

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The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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16 Oppressing the poor to get rich
    and giving to the wealthy lead only to poverty.

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16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

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Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich;
    be smart enough to stop.
When your eyes fly to wealth
    it is gone; it grows wings
    like an eagle and flies heavenward.

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Saying 8

Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    do not trust your own cleverness.
Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,(A)
    for they will surely sprout wings
    and fly off to the sky like an eagle.(B)

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11 Rich people think they are wise,
    but an insightful poor person sees through them.

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11 The rich are wise in their own eyes;
    one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

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