Proverbs 3:9-10
New Living Translation
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the best part of everything you produce.
10 Then he will fill your barns with grain,
and your vats will overflow with good wine.
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 10:15
New Living Translation
15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
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 11:4
New Living Translation
4 Riches won’t help on the day of judgment,
but right living can save you from death.
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 11:28
New Living Translation
28 Trust in your money and down you go!
But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.
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 13:8
New Living Translation
8 The rich can pay a ransom for their lives,
but the poor won’t even get threatened.
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 14:20
New Living Translation
20 The poor are despised even by their neighbors,
while the rich have many “friends.”
Proverbs 14:20
International Standard Version
20 The poor person is shunned by his neighbor,
but many are the friends of the wealthy.
Proverbs 14:24
New Living Translation
24 Wealth is a crown for the wise;
the effort of fools yields only foolishness.
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 15:16-17
New Living Translation
16 Better to have little, with fear for the Lord,
than to have great treasure and inner turmoil.
17 A bowl of vegetables with someone you love
is better than steak with someone you hate.
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 17:5
New Living Translation
5 Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.
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 17:16
New Living Translation
16 It is senseless to pay to educate a fool,
since he has no heart for learning.
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 18:11
New Living Translation
11 The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;
they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.
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 18:23
New Living Translation
23 The poor plead for mercy;
the rich answer with insults.
Proverbs 18:23
International Standard Version
23 The poor person pleads for mercy,
but the wealthy man responds harshly.
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