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Honor the Lord with your wealth.
    Give him the first share of all your crops.
10 Then your storerooms will be so full they can’t hold everything.
    Your huge jars will spill over with fresh 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 Don’t hold back good from those who are worthy of it.
    Don’t hold it back when you can help.
28 Suppose you already have something to give.
    Don’t say to your neighbor,
“Come back tomorrow.
    I’ll give it to you then.”

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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 One person gives freely but gets even richer.
    Another person doesn’t give what they should but gets even poorer.

25 Anyone who gives a lot will succeed.
    Anyone who renews others will be renewed.

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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 they hunger for more.
    But godly people give without holding back.

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

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Those who give freely will be blessed.
    That’s because they share their food with those who are poor.

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

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Saying 9

Don’t eat the food of anyone who doesn’t want to share it.
    Don’t long for his fancy food.

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Saying 9

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

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14 A person who brags about gifts never given
    is like wind and clouds that don’t produce 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 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat.
    If he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
22 By doing these things, you will pile up burning coals on his head.
    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 Those who give to poor people will have all they need.
    But those who close their eyes to the poor will receive 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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