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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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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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(A)Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death.
Yahweh (B)will not allow the soul of the righteous to hunger,
But He (C)will push away the craving of the wicked.
Poor is he who works with a slack [a]hand,
But the (D)hand of the diligent makes rich.

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  1. Proverbs 10:4 Lit palm

Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,(A)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(B)

The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,(C)
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.(D)

Lazy hands make for poverty,(E)
    but diligent hands bring wealth.(F)

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

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22 It is the (A)blessing of Yahweh that makes rich,
And He adds no pain with it.

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22 The blessing of the Lord(A) brings wealth,(B)
    without painful toil for it.(C)

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

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25 The soul [a]that (A)blesses will be [b]enriched,
And he who (B)waters will himself be watered.

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  1. Proverbs 11:25 Lit of blessing
  2. Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat

25 A generous(A) person will prosper;
    whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.(B)

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

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There is one who (A)pretends to be rich, but has nothing;
Another [a]pretends to be (B)poor, but has great wealth.
The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.

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  1. Proverbs 13:7 Lit impoverishes himself

One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;(A)
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.(B)

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

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11 Wealth obtained from empty effort dwindles,
But the one who gathers [a]with his hand abounds.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or gradually

11 Dishonest money dwindles away,(A)
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

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22 A good man (A)leaves an inheritance to his [a]children’s children,
And the (B)wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

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  1. Proverbs 13:22 Lit sons’ sons

22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
    but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(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 folly of fools is folly.

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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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The house of the (A)righteous has much treasure,
But in the income of the wicked there is 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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