⁹ Honor Yahweh with your substance,
    with the first fruits of all your increase:
¹⁰ so your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will overflow with new wine.

¹⁵ The rich man’s wealth is his strong city.
    The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

⁴ Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

²⁸ He who trusts in his riches will fall,
    but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

⁸ The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,
    but the poor hear no threats.

²⁰ The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
    but the rich person has many friends.

²⁴ The crown of the wise is their riches,
    but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

¹⁶ Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh,
    than great treasure with trouble.
¹⁷ Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,
    than a fattened calf with hatred.

⁵ Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker.
    He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

¹⁶ Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
    since he has no understanding?