⁹ Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with the best part of everything you produce.
¹⁰ Then he will fill your barns with grain,
    and your vats will overflow with good wine.

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

⁴ Riches won’t help on the day of judgment,
    but right living can save you from death.

²⁸ Trust in your money and down you go!
    But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.

⁸ The rich can pay a ransom for their lives,
    but the poor won’t even get threatened.

²⁰ The poor are despised even by their neighbors,
    while the rich have many “friends.”

²⁴ Wealth is a crown for the wise;
    the effort of fools yields only foolishness.

¹⁶ Better to have little, with fear for the Lord,
    than to have great treasure and inner turmoil.

¹⁷ A bowl of vegetables with someone you love
    is better than steak with someone you hate.

⁵ Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
    those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.

¹⁶ It is senseless to pay to educate a fool,
    since he has no heart for learning.