(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.

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Honor the Lord with your substance
    and with the first fruits of all your produce;(A)
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with wine.

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15 The (A)rich person’s wealth is his [a]fortress,
The (B)ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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  1. Proverbs 10:15 Lit strong city

15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.(A)

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(A)Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath,
But (B)righteousness rescues from death.

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

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28 One who (A)trusts in his riches will fall,
But (B)the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

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28 Those who trust in their riches will wither,[a]
    but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.(A)

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  1. 11.28 Cn: Heb fall

The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.

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Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
    but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.

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20 The (A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

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20 The poor are disliked even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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24 The (A)crown of the wise is their riches,
But the foolishness of fools is simply foolishness.

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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
    but folly is the garland[a] of fools.

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  1. 14.24 Cn: Heb is the folly

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.

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  1. Proverbs 15:16 Or reverence for
  2. Proverbs 15:16 Lit it
  3. Proverbs 15:17 Or herbs

16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great treasure and trouble with it.(A)
17 Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is
    than a fatted ox and hatred with it.(B)

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One who mocks the (A)poor taunts his Maker;
One who (B)rejoices at disaster will not go unpunished.

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Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
    those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.(A)

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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to (A)buy wisdom,
When [a]he has no sense?

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart

16 Why should fools have a price in hand
    to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?

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11 A (A)rich person’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own imagination.

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11 The wealth of the rich is their strong city;
    in their imagination it is like a high wall.(A)

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23 A (A)poor person utters pleadings,
But a (B)rich person (C)answers defiantly.

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23 The poor use entreaties,
    but the rich answer roughly.(A)

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