Proverbs 3:9-10
Evangelical Heritage Version
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits from your entire harvest.
10 Then your barns will be filled to capacity,
and your wine vats will overflow with fresh wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10
Lexham English Bible
9 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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:9 Or “wealth, property”
Proverbs 10:15
Evangelical Heritage Version
15 A rich person’s wealth is his strong city.
Poverty is the ruin of poor people.
Proverbs 10:15
Lexham English Bible
15 The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;
the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 11:4
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 Riches are of no help on the day of fury,
but righteousness saves from death.
Proverbs 11:4
Lexham English Bible
4 Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath,
but righteousness will deliver from death.
Proverbs 11:28
Evangelical Heritage Version
28 Whoever trusts his wealth will fall,
but righteous people will flourish like green plants.
Proverbs 11:28
Lexham English Bible
28 He who trusts in his wealth is he who will fall,
but like a green leaf the righteous will flourish.
Proverbs 13:8
Evangelical Heritage Version
8 A man’s riches may ransom his life,
but a poor man does not hear a threat.
Proverbs 13:8
Lexham English Bible
8 The ransom of the life of a man is his wealth,
but the poor does not receive a threat.
Proverbs 14:20
Evangelical Heritage Version
20 A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,
but those who love a rich person are many.
Proverbs 14:20
Lexham English Bible
20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
but the lovers of the rich are many.
Proverbs 14:24
Evangelical Heritage Version
24 Their wealth is a crown for the wise,
but the stupidity of fools is just stupidity.
Proverbs 14:24
Lexham English Bible
24 The crown of the wise is their wealth;
the folly of fools is folly.
Proverbs 15:16-17
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great wealth with turmoil.
17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love
than a fattened calf with hatred.
Proverbs 15:16-17
Lexham English Bible
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]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:16 Or “him”
- Proverbs 15:17 Hebrew “and”
- Proverbs 15:17 Or “him”
Proverbs 17:5
Evangelical Heritage Version
5 Whoever mocks a poor person insults his Maker.
A person who rejoices over calamity will not escape.
Proverbs 17:5
Lexham English Bible
5 He who mocks the poor insults him who made him;
he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 17:16
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 Why hand a fool money to buy wisdom,
since he has no aptitude for using it?
Proverbs 17:16
Lexham English Bible
16 Why is this? A price in the hand of a fool,
in order to buy wisdom where[a] there is no sense.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:16 Hebrew “and”
- Proverbs 17:16 Literally “heart”
Proverbs 18:11
Evangelical Heritage Version
11 A rich person’s wealth is his strong city.
In his imagination it is like a high wall.
Proverbs 18:11
Lexham English Bible
11 The wealth of the rich is his strong city,[a]
and like a wall, it is high in his imagination.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:11 Literally “a city of his strength”
Proverbs 18:23
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 A poor man pleads for mercy,
but a rich man answers harshly.
Proverbs 18:23
Lexham English Bible
23 The poor may speak entreaties,
but the rich will answer roughly.
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