Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;(A)
10 then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.(B)

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Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

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Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.(A)

The Lord will not let the righteous go hungry,(B)
but he denies the wicked what they crave.(C)

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.(D)

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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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15 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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

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22 The Lord’s blessing enriches,(A)
and he adds no painful effort to it.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:22 Or and painful effort adds nothing to it

22 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

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Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.(A)

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Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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25 A generous person will be enriched,(A)
and the one who gives a drink of water
will receive water.(B)

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25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

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28 Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,(A)
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.(B)

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28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

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One person pretends to be rich but has nothing;(A)
another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.(B)

Riches are a ransom for a person’s life,(C)
but a poor person hears no threat.

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There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

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11 Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,(A)
but whoever earns it through labor[a] will multiply it.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:11 Lit whoever gathers upon his hand

11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

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

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  1. 13:22 Or inheritance: his

22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

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20 A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,(A)
but there are many who love the rich.(B)

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20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but the foolishness of fools produces foolishness.

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24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

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