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Honor the Lord with your substance
    and with the first fruits of all your produce;
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with wine.

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Honor Jehovah with thy substance,
And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
And thy vats shall overflow 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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Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
    but righteousness delivers from death.
The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
A slack hand causes poverty,
    but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;
But righteousness delivereth from death.
Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish;
But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand;
But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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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 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

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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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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 The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
    and he adds no sorrow with it.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:22 Or and toil adds nothing to it

22 The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich;
And [a]he addeth no sorrow therewith.

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  1. Proverbs 10:22 Or, toil addeth nothing thereto

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

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Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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Riches profit not in the day of wrath;
But righteousness delivereth 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 A liberal man will be enriched,
    and one who waters will himself be watered.

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

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28 He who trusts in his riches will wither,[a]
    but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

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  1. Proverbs 11:28 Cn: Heb fall

28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall;
But the righteous shall flourish as 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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One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
    but a poor man has no means of redemption.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 13:8 Cn: Heb does not hear rebuke

There is that [a]maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:
There is that [b]maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
The ransom of a man’s life is his riches;
But the poor heareth no [c]threatening.

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  1. Proverbs 13:7 Or, feigneth
  2. Proverbs 13:7 Or, feigneth
  3. Proverbs 13:8 Or, rebuke

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 hastily gotten[a] will dwindle,
    but he who gathers little by little will increase it.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Gk Vg: Heb from vanity

11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
But he that gathereth [a]by labor shall have increase.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Hebrew with the hand.

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

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