Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 (A)Honor the Lord from your wealth,
And from the (B)first of all your produce;
10 Then your (C)barns will be filled with plenty,
And your (D)vats will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10
American Standard Version
9 Honor Jehovah with thy substance,
And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 10:15
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:15 Lit strong city
Proverbs 10:15
American Standard Version
15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city:
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 11:4
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Proverbs 11:4
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4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath;
But righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:28
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28 One who (A)trusts in his riches will fall,
But (B)the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.
Proverbs 11:28
American Standard Version
28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall;
But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
Proverbs 13:8
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8 The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.
Proverbs 13:8
American Standard Version
8 The ransom of a man’s life is his riches;
But the poor heareth no [a]threatening.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:8 Or, rebuke
Proverbs 14:20
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20 The (A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.
Proverbs 14:20
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20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor;
But the rich hath many friends.
Proverbs 14:24
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24 The (A)crown of the wise is their riches,
But the foolishness of fools is simply foolishness.
Proverbs 14:24
American Standard Version
24 [a]The crown of the wise is their riches;
But the folly of fools is only folly.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:24 Or, Their riches is a crown unto the wise
Proverbs 15:16-17
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16 (A)Better is a little with [a]the fear of the Lord
Than great treasure, and turmoil with [b]the treasure.
17 (B)Better is a portion of [c]vegetables where there is love,
Than a (C)fattened ox served with hatred.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:16 Or reverence for
- Proverbs 15:16 Lit it
- Proverbs 15:17 Or herbs
Proverbs 15:16-17
American Standard Version
16 Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah,
Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
17 Better is a [a]dinner of herbs, where love is,
Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:17 Or, portion
Proverbs 17:5
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5 One who mocks the (A)poor taunts his Maker;
One who (B)rejoices at disaster will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 17:5
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5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker;
And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 17:16
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart
Proverbs 17:16
American Standard Version
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
Seeing he hath no [a]understanding?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:16 Hebrew heart.
Proverbs 18:11
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11 A (A)rich person’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own imagination.
Proverbs 18:11
American Standard Version
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And as a high wall in his own imagination.
Proverbs 18:23
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Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor useth entreaties;
But the rich answereth roughly.
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