(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.

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Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(A) of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled(B) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(C)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:15 Lit strong city

15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(B)

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

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Wealth(A) is worthless in the day of wrath,(B)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(C)

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28 One who (A)trusts in his riches will fall,
But (B)the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

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28 Those who trust in their riches will fall,(A)
    but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.(B)

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The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.

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A person’s riches may ransom their life,
    but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.(A)

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20 The (A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

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20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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24 The (A)crown of the wise is their riches,
But the foolishness of fools is simply foolishness.

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24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
    but the folly of fools yields folly.(A)

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16 (A)Better is a little with [a]the fear of the Lord
Than great treasure, and turmoil with [b]the treasure.
17 (B)Better is a portion of [c]vegetables where there is love,
Than a (C)fattened ox served with hatred.

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  1. Proverbs 15:16 Or reverence for
  2. Proverbs 15:16 Lit it
  3. Proverbs 15:17 Or herbs

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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One who mocks the (A)poor taunts his Maker;
One who (B)rejoices at disaster will not go unpunished.

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Whoever mocks the poor(A) shows contempt for their Maker;(B)
    whoever gloats over disaster(C) will not go unpunished.(D)

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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to (A)buy wisdom,
When [a]he has no sense?

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart

16 Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,
    when they are not able to understand it?(A)

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11 A (A)rich person’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own 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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23 A (A)poor person utters pleadings,
But a (B)rich person (C)answers defiantly.

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23 The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

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(A)Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor person is separated from his friend.

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

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