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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
    but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
    but the folly of fools yields folly.(A)

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The house of the righteous contains great treasure,(A)
    but the income of the wicked brings ruin.(B)

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16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great wealth with turmoil.(A)

17 Better a small serving of vegetables with love
    than a fattened calf with hatred.(B)

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20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,[a](A)
    and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:20 Or whoever speaks prudently finds what is good

11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
    they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.(A)

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21 An inheritance claimed too soon
    will not be blessed at the end.

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The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

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