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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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(A)Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 (B)So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will 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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27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in your hand to do it.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When it is there with you.

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  1. Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners

27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of your hand to do so.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,
When you have it with you.

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  1. Proverbs 3:27 Lit. its owners

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
    when you already have it with you.(A)

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24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who holds back what is rightly due, and yet results only in want.
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

24 There is one who (A)scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.
25 (B)The generous soul will be made rich,
(C)And he who waters will also be watered himself.

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24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
    another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

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

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26 All day long he [a]is insatiably craving,
While the righteous (A)gives and does not hold back.

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  1. Proverbs 21:26 Lit desires desire

26 He covets greedily all day long,
But the righteous (A)gives and does not spare.

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26 All day long he craves for more,
    but the righteous(A) give without sparing.(B)

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He who [a]is (A)generous will be blessed,
For he (B)gives from his food to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye

(A)He who has a [a]generous eye will be (B)blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit. good

The generous will themselves be blessed,(A)
    for they share their food with the poor.(B)

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(A)Do not eat the bread of [a]a (B)selfish man,
And do not desire his delicacies;

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  1. Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye

Do not eat the bread of (A)a[a] miser,
Nor desire his delicacies;

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  1. Proverbs 23:6 Lit. one who has an evil eye

Saying 9

Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
    do not crave his delicacies;(A)

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14 Like (A)clouds and (B)wind without rain
Is a man who boasts [a]of his gifts falsely.

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  1. Proverbs 25:14 Lit in a gift of falsehood

14 (A)Whoever falsely boasts of giving
Is like (B)clouds and wind without rain.

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14 Like clouds and wind without rain
    is one who boasts of gifts never given.

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21 (A)If [a]your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 For you will [b]heap burning coals on his head,
And (B)Yahweh will repay you.

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  1. Proverbs 25:21 Lit one who hates you
  2. Proverbs 25:22 Lit snatch up

21 (A)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 For so you will heap coals of fire on his head,
(B)And the Lord will reward you.

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21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
    if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals(A) on his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.(B)

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27 He who (A)gives to the poor will never want,
But he who [a]shuts his eyes will have many curses.

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  1. Proverbs 28:27 Lit hides

27 (A)He who gives to the poor will not lack,
But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

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27 Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,(A)
    but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.(B)

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