Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;(A)
10 then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.(B)

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Honor Yahweh from your substance,[a]
    and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,
10 and your barns shall be full of plenty,
    and your vats shall burst with new wine.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:9 Or “wealth, property”

15 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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15 The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.(A)

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Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath,
    but righteousness will deliver from death.

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28 Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,(A)
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.(B)

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28 He who trusts in his wealth is he who will fall,
    but like a green leaf the righteous will flourish.

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Riches are a ransom for a person’s life,(A)
but a poor person hears no threat.

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The ransom of the life of a man is his wealth,
    but the poor does not receive a threat.

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20 A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,(A)
but there are many who love the rich.(B)

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20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    but the lovers of the rich are many.

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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but the foolishness of fools produces foolishness.

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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth;
    the folly of fools is folly.

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

17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love
than a fattened ox(B) with hatred.(C)

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16 Better is little with the fear of Yahweh
    than great treasure and trouble with it.[a]
17 Better is a dinner of vegetables when[b] love is there
    than a fattened ox and hatred with it.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:16 Or “him”
  2. Proverbs 15:17 Hebrew “and”
  3. Proverbs 15:17 Or “him”

The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,(A)
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.(B)

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He who mocks the poor insults him who made him;
    he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

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16 Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?(A)

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16 Why is this? A price in the hand of a fool,
    in order to buy wisdom where[a] there is no sense.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Hebrew “and”
  2. Proverbs 17:16 Literally “heart”

11 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.(A)

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11 The wealth of the rich is his strong city,[a]
    and like a wall, it is high in his imagination.

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  1. Proverbs 18:11 Literally “a city of his strength”

23 The poor person pleads,(A)
but the rich one answers roughly.(B)

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23 The poor may speak entreaties,
    but the rich will answer roughly.

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