Proverbs 3:9-10
The Voice
9 Pay tribute to the Eternal in all of your affairs.
Honor Him with the best of what you make.
10 That way you will prosper to the fullest
and have plenty of food to eat and wine to drink.
Proverbs 3:9-10
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Proverbs 10:2-4
The Voice
Solomon’s proverbs were originally short, pithy, easily remembered sayings brought together around certain themes. They started as oral traditions and were eventually written in a Hebrew poetic form known as parallelism. Chapters 10–15 are dominated by antithetical parallelism, meaning a statement is made in line 1 and then contrasted in line 2. Chapters 16–22 contain both synonymous and synthetic parallelism. In synonymous parallelism, the ideas in line 1 are repeated in line 2 using different words. In synthetic parallelism, later lines serve to expand, define, and elaborate the first lines.
2 Riches gained through dishonest means will eventually vanish,
but doing what is right avoids a deadly consequence.
3 The Eternal does not allow the right-living to go hungry,
but He will frustrate the plans of the wicked.
4 A slack hand produces nothing but poverty,
but an industrious hand soon takes hold of riches.
Proverbs 10:2-4
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Proverbs 10:15
The Voice
15 The wealth of the rich is their powerful fortress;
the poverty of the poor reduces them to rubble.
Proverbs 10:15
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Proverbs 10:22
The Voice
Perhaps the ancients knew the power of words better than we do. Words can conceal, reveal, destroy, and encourage. Words are extremely powerful, so Wisdom urges us to use a few carefully chosen words and to pick our conversations equally well.
22 The blessing of the Eternal is what makes someone rich,
and He doesn’t add pain to it.
Proverbs 10:22
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Proverbs 11:4
The Voice
4 Riches won’t matter on the day of wrath,
but right living will rescue from death.
Proverbs 11:4
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Proverbs 11:25
The Voice
25 A giving person will receive much in return,
and someone who gives water will also receive the water he needs.
Proverbs 11:25
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Proverbs 11:28
The Voice
28 Those who trust in their wealth are headed for great disappointment,
but those who do right will sprout like green leaves in the spring.
Proverbs 11:28
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Proverbs 13:7-8
The Voice
7 One pretends he is wealthy but has nothing,
while another seems to be poor but has great wealth.
8 The rich are targeted and must ransom their lives,
but no one bothers to threaten the poor.
Proverbs 13:7-8
New International Version
7 One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;(A)
another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.(B)
8 A person’s riches may ransom their life,
but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.(C)
Proverbs 13:11
The Voice
11 Money earned hastily is easily lost,
but hard-earned money continues to grow.
Proverbs 13:11
New International Version
11 Dishonest money dwindles away,(A)
but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Proverbs 13:22
The Voice
22 A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren,
but the wealth of the sinner is eventually passed on to the right-living.
Proverbs 13:22
New International Version
22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)
Proverbs 14:20
The Voice
20 The poor are hated even by their own neighbors,
but the rich are loved by many friends.
Proverbs 14:20
New International Version
20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
but the rich have many friends.(A)
Proverbs 14:24
The Voice
24 The wise are honored for their wealth;
the reward of fools is more foolishness.
Proverbs 14:24
New International Version
24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
but the folly of fools yields folly.(A)
Proverbs 15:6
The Voice
6 Great treasure may be found where the right-living make their home,
but trouble awaits the wicked at every turn.
Proverbs 15:6
New International Version
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