Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 Honor the Lord with your substance
and with the first fruits of all your produce;(A)
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10
International Standard Version
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the first[a] of all your produce,
10 so your barns will be filled with abundance,
and your vats will burst open with new wine.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:9 Or best
Proverbs 3:9-10
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Proverbs 3:27-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,[a]
when it is in your power to do it.(A)
28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Go and come again;
tomorrow I will give it,” when you have it with you.(B)
Footnotes
- 3.27 Heb from its owners
Proverbs 3:27-28
International Standard Version
Wisdom in Action
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,
“Go, and come back.
I will pay you[a] tomorrow,”
when you have cash[b] with you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:28 Lit. it
- Proverbs 3:28 The Heb. lacks cash
Proverbs 3:27-28
New International Version
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)
Proverbs 11:24-25
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24 Some give freely yet grow all the richer;
others withhold what is due and only suffer want.(A)
25 A generous person will be enriched,
and one who gives water will get water.(B)
Proverbs 11:24-25
International Standard Version
24 Those who give freely gain even more;
others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer.
25 A generous person will prosper,
and anyone who gives water will receive a flood in return.
Proverbs 11:24-25
New International Version
24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
Proverbs 21:26
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Footnotes
- 21.26 Gk: Heb all day long one covets covetously
Proverbs 21:26
International Standard Version
26 All day long he continues to crave,
while the righteous person gives without holding back.
Proverbs 21:26
New International Version
Proverbs 22:9
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9 Those who are generous are blessed,
for they share their bread with the poor.(A)
Proverbs 22:9
International Standard Version
9 Whoever is generous[a] will be blessed,
for he shares his food with the poor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:9 Lit. A good eye
Proverbs 22:9
New International Version
Proverbs 23:6
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6 Do not eat the bread of the stingy;
do not desire their delicacies,(A)
Proverbs 23:6
International Standard Version
6 Don’t consume food provided by a miserly[a] person,
and don’t desire his delicacies,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:6 Lit. by the evil eyed
Proverbs 23:6
New International Version
Saying 9
6 Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
do not crave his delicacies;(A)
Proverbs 25:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 Like clouds and wind without rain
is one who boasts of a gift never given.(A)
Proverbs 25:14
International Standard Version
14 Like clouds and winds without rain
is the man who brags
about gifts he never gave.
Proverbs 25:14
New International Version
14 Like clouds and wind without rain
is one who boasts of gifts never given.
Proverbs 25:21-22
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21 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat,
and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink,(A)
22 for you will heap coals of fire on their heads,
and the Lord will reward you.(B)
Proverbs 25:21-22
International Standard Version
21 If your enemy hungers, give him food to eat;
and if he thirsts, give him water to drink.
22 For you’ll be piling burning coals of shame[a] on his head
and the Lord will reward you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:22 The Heb. lacks of shame
Proverbs 25:21-22
New International Version
Proverbs 28:27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
but one who turns a blind eye will get many a curse.(A)
Proverbs 28:27
International Standard Version
27 Whoever gives to the poor will never lack,
but whoever shuts his eyes to their poverty[a] will be cursed.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:27 The Heb. lacks to their poverty
Proverbs 28:27
New International Version
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