Proverbs 3:9-10
GOD’S WORD Translation
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the first and best part of all your income.[a]
10 Then your barns will be full,
and your vats will overflow with fresh wine.
Footnotes
- 3:9 Or “harvest.”
Proverbs 10:15
GOD’S WORD Translation
15 The rich person’s wealth is ⌞his⌟ strong city.
Poverty ruins the poor.
Proverbs 11:4
GOD’S WORD Translation
4 Riches are of no help on the day of fury,
but righteousness saves from death.
Proverbs 11:28
GOD’S WORD Translation
28 Whoever trusts his riches will fall,
but righteous people will flourish like a green leaf.
Proverbs 13:8
GOD’S WORD Translation
8 A person’s riches are the ransom for his life,
but the poor person does not pay attention to threats.
Proverbs 14:20
GOD’S WORD Translation
20 A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,
but a rich person is loved by many.
Proverbs 14:24
GOD’S WORD Translation
24 The crown of wise people is their wealth.
The stupidity of fools is just that—stupidity!
Proverbs 15:16-17
GOD’S WORD Translation
16 Better to have a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and turmoil.
17 Better to have a dish of vegetables where there is love
than juicy steaks where there is hate.
Proverbs 17:5
GOD’S WORD Translation
5 Whoever makes fun of a poor person insults his maker.
Whoever is happy ⌞to see someone’s⌟ distress will not escape punishment.
Proverbs 17:16
GOD’S WORD Translation
16 Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom
when he doesn’t have a mind to grasp anything?
Proverbs 18:11
GOD’S WORD Translation
11 A rich person’s wealth is his strong city
and is like a high wall in his imagination.
Proverbs 18:23
GOD’S WORD Translation
23 A poor person is timid when begging,
but a rich person is blunt when replying.
Proverbs 19:4
GOD’S WORD Translation
4 Wealth adds many friends,
but a poor person is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:6-7
GOD’S WORD Translation
6 Many try to win the kindness of a generous person,
and everyone is a friend to a person who gives gifts.
7 The entire family of a poor person hates him.
How much more do his friends keep their distance from him!
When he chases them with words, they are gone.
Proverbs 22:2
GOD’S WORD Translation
2 The rich and the poor have this in common:
the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:7
GOD’S WORD Translation
7 A rich person rules poor people,
and a borrower is a slave to a lender.
Proverbs 23:4-5
GOD’S WORD Translation
4 Do not wear yourself out getting rich.
Be smart enough to stop.
5 Will you catch only a fleeting glimpse of wealth before it is gone?
It makes wings for itself like an eagle flying into the sky.
Proverbs 27:7
GOD’S WORD Translation
7 One who is full despises honey,
but to one who is hungry,
even bitter food tastes sweet.
Proverbs 28:6
GOD’S WORD Translation
6 Better to be a poor person who has integrity
than to be rich and double-dealing.
Proverbs 28:8
GOD’S WORD Translation
8 Whoever becomes wealthy through ⌞unfair⌟ loans and interest
collects them for the one who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 28:11
GOD’S WORD Translation
11 A rich person is wise in his own eyes,
but a poor person with understanding sees right through him.
Proverbs 28:20-22
GOD’S WORD Translation
20 A trustworthy person has many blessings,
but anyone in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.
21 Showing partiality is not good,
because some people will turn on you even for a piece of bread.
22 A stingy person is in a hurry to get rich,
not realizing that poverty is about to overtake him.
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