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Honor the Lord with your substance,
    and with the first fruits of all your increase;
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your presses will burst out with new wine.

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(A)Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 (B)So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.

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15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
    the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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15 The (A)rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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(A)Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But (B)righteousness delivers from death.

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28 He who trusts in his riches will fall,
    but the righteous will flourish as a branch.

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28 (A)He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But (B)the righteous will flourish like foliage.

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The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,
    but the poor does not hear rebuke.

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The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,
But the poor does not hear rebuke.

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20 The poor is hated even by his own neighbor,
    but the rich has many friends.

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20 (A)The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
But [a]the rich has many (B)friends.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:20 Lit. many are the lovers of the rich

24 The crown of the wise is their riches,
    but the foolishness of fools is folly.

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24 The crown of the wise is their riches,
But the foolishness of fools is folly.

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16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord
    than great treasure with trouble.

17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
    than a fatted calf with hatred.

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16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord,
Than great treasure with trouble.
17 (B)Better is a dinner of [a]herbs where love is,
Than a fatted calf with hatred.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:17 Or vegetables

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker,
    and he who is glad at calamities will not be unpunished.

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(A)He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;
(B)He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

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16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,
    seeing he has no heart for it?

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16 Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom,
Since he has no heart for it?

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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
    and as a high wall in his own conceit.

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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own esteem.

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23 The poor man uses entreaties,
    but the rich man answers roughly.

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23 The poor man uses entreaties,
But the rich answers (A)roughly.

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