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Honor the Lord with your wealth
And with the first fruits of all your crops (income);^(A)
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Then your barns will be abundantly filled
And your vats will overflow with new wine.^(B)

²⁴ 
There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.
²⁵ 
The generous man [is a source of blessing and] shall be prosperous and enriched,
And he who waters will himself be watered [reaping the generosity he has sown].^(A)

²⁸ 
He who leans on and trusts in and is confident in his riches will fall,
But the righteous [who trust in God’s provision] will flourish like a green leaf.

¹¹ 
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows worthless things lacks common sense and good judgment.

¹⁴ 
A man will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words,
And the deeds of a man’s hands will return to him [as a harvest].

²⁷ 
The lazy man does not catch and roast his prey,
But the precious possession of a [wise] man is diligence [because he recognizes opportunities and seizes them].

⁴ 
The soul (appetite) of the lazy person craves and gets nothing [for lethargy overcomes ambition],
But the soul (appetite) of the diligent [who works willingly] is rich and abundantly supplied.^(A)