Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 Honour the Lord with thy substance,
and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10 so shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Proverbs 10:15
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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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4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath:
but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:28
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28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall:
but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs 13:8
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8 The ransom of a man’s life are his riches:
but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 14:20
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20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour:
but the rich hath many friends.
Proverbs 14:24
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches:
but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Proverbs 15:16-17
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16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble therewith.
17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is,
than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 17:5
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5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:
and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 17:16
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16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,
seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 18:11
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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor useth intreaties;
but the rich answereth roughly.
Proverbs 19:4
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4 Wealth maketh many friends;
but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Proverbs 19:6-7
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6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince:
and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him:
how much more do his friends go far from him?
he pursueth them with words,
yet they are wanting to him.
Proverbs 22:2
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2 The rich and poor meet together:
the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:7
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7 The rich ruleth over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 23:4-5
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4 Labour not to be rich:
cease from thine own wisdom.
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?
for riches certainly make themselves wings;
they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 27:7
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7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb;
but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness,
than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs 28:8
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8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance,
he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Proverbs 28:11
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11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit;
but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Proverbs 28:20-22
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20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings:
but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
21 To have respect of persons is not good:
for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye,
and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
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