⁹ Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with the best part of everything you produce.
¹⁰ Then he will fill your barns with grain,
    and your vats will overflow with good wine.

²⁷ Do not withhold good from those who deserve it
    when it’s in your power to help them.
²⁸ If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say,
    “Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.”

²⁴ Give freely and become more wealthy;
    be stingy and lose everything.

²⁵ The generous will prosper;
    those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

²⁶ Some people are always greedy for more,
    but the godly love to give!

⁹ Blessed are those who are generous,
    because they feed the poor.

⁶ Don’t eat with people who are stingy;
    don’t desire their delicacies.

¹⁴ A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it
    is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.

²¹ If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat.
    If they are thirsty, give them water to drink.
²² You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads,
    and the Lord will reward you.

²⁷ Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
    but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.