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(A)Honor Yahweh from your wealth
And from the (B)first of all your produce;
10 So your (C)barns will be filled with plenty
And your (D)vats will burst with new wine.

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15 The (A)rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
The (B)ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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(A)Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath,
But (B)righteousness will deliver from death.

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

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

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:16 Or reverence
  2. Proverbs 15:17 Or portion
  3. Proverbs 15:17 Or herbs

He who mocks the (A)poor reproaches his Maker;
He who is (B)glad at disaster will not go unpunished.

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16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to (A)acquire wisdom,
When [a]he has no heart of wisdom?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart

11 A (A)rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own delusion.

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23 The (A)poor man speaks supplications,
But the (B)rich man (C)answers with strong words.

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