Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 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.
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 10:15
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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.(A)
Proverbs 10:15
New Living Translation
15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.
Proverbs 11:4
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4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.(A)
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 11:28
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28 Those who trust in their riches will wither,[a]
but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.(A)
Footnotes
- 11.28 Cn: Heb fall
Proverbs 11:28
New Living Translation
28 Trust in your money and down you go!
But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.
Proverbs 13:8
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8 Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.
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 14:20
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20 The poor are disliked even by their neighbors,
but the rich have many friends.(A)
Proverbs 14:20
New Living Translation
20 The poor are despised even by their neighbors,
while the rich have many “friends.”
Proverbs 14:24
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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but folly is the garland[a] of fools.
Footnotes
- 14.24 Cn: Heb is the folly
Proverbs 14:24
New Living Translation
24 Wealth is a crown for the wise;
the effort of fools yields only foolishness.
Proverbs 15:16-17
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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)
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 17:5
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5 Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.(A)
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 17:16
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16 Why should fools have a price in hand
to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?
Proverbs 17:16
New Living Translation
16 It is senseless to pay to educate a fool,
since he has no heart for learning.
Proverbs 18:11
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11 The wealth of the rich is their strong city;
in their imagination it is like a high wall.(A)
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 18:23
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23 The poor use entreaties,
but the rich answer roughly.(A)
Proverbs 18:23
New Living Translation
23 The poor plead for mercy;
the rich answer with insults.
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