⁹ 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)

² Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,^(A)
    but righteousness delivers from death.^(B)

³ The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,^(C)
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.^(D)

⁴ Lazy hands make for poverty,^(E)
    but diligent hands bring wealth.^(F)

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,^(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.^(B)

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

⁴ Wealth^(A) is worthless in the day of wrath,^(B)
    but righteousness delivers from death.^(C)

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

²⁸ Those who trust in their riches will fall,^(A)
    but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.^(B)

⁷ One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;^(A)
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.^(B)

⁸ A person’s riches may ransom their life,
    but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.^(C)

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