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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.

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  1. Proverbs 3:9 Or best

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

15 The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth,
    but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty.

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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 won’t help in the time of judgment,[a]
    but righteousness will deliver from death.

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  1. Proverbs 11:4 Lit. the day of wrath

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

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28 The person who trusts in his wealth will fall,
    but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.

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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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The life of a wealthy man may be held for ransom,
    but whoever is poor receives no threats.

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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 The poor person is shunned by his neighbor,
    but many are the friends of the wealthy.

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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 stupidity of fools is just that—stupidity!

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

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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.

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  1. Proverbs 15:17 Lit. A meal of herbs
  2. Proverbs 15:17 Lit. a fattened ox
  3. Proverbs 15:17 The Heb. lacks a plateful of

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

Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their maker,
    and whoever is happy about disaster
        will not go unpunished.

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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 What is this? A fool has enough money to buy wisdom,
    but is senseless?[a]

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Lit. but has no heart

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 a rich person is his fortified city;
    in his own imagination, it is like a high wall.

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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 for mercy,
    but the wealthy man responds harshly.

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

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