Proverbs 3:9-10
International Standard Version
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the first[a] of all your produce,
10 so your barns will be filled with abundance,
and your vats will burst open with new wine.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:9 Or best
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
International Standard Version
15 The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth,
but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty.
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
International Standard Version
4 Wealth won’t help in the time of judgment,[a]
but righteousness will deliver from death.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:4 Lit. the day of wrath
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
International Standard Version
28 The person who trusts in his wealth will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.
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
International Standard Version
8 The life of a wealthy man may be held for ransom,
but whoever is poor receives no threats.
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
International Standard Version
20 The poor person is shunned by his neighbor,
but many are the friends of the wealthy.
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
International Standard Version
24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but the stupidity of fools is just that—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
International Standard Version
On Contentment and Other Good Things of Life
16 Better is a little accompanied by fear of the Lord
than abundant wealth with turmoil.
17 A vegetarian meal[a] served with love is better
than a big, thick steak[b] with a plateful of[c] animosity.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:17 Lit. A meal of herbs
- Proverbs 15:17 Lit. a fattened ox
- Proverbs 15:17 The Heb. lacks a plateful of
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
International Standard Version
5 Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their maker,
and whoever is happy about disaster
will not go unpunished.
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
International Standard Version
16 What is this? A fool has enough money to buy wisdom,
but is senseless?[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:16 Lit. but has no heart
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
International Standard Version
11 The wealth of a rich person is his fortified city;
in his own 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
International Standard Version
23 The poor person pleads for mercy,
but the wealthy man responds harshly.
Proverbs 18:23
Lexham English Bible
23 The poor may speak entreaties,
but the rich will answer roughly.
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