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Honor Jehovah with thy substance,
And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

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Honor Yahweh from your substance,[a]
    and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,
10 and your barns shall be full of plenty,
    and your vats shall burst with new wine.

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  1. Proverbs 3:9 Or “wealth, property”

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;
But righteousness delivereth from death.
Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish;
But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand;
But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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Treasures of wickedness do not profit,
    but righteousness delivers from death.
Yahweh will not cause a righteous person[a] to go hungry,
    but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.
A slack hand causes poverty,
    but the hand of the diligent enriches.

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  1. Proverbs 10:3 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city:
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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15 The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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22 The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich;
And [a]he addeth no sorrow therewith.

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  1. Proverbs 10:22 Or, toil addeth nothing thereto

22 The blessing of Yahweh makes one rich,
    and he does not increase sorrow with it.

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Riches profit not in the day of wrath;
But righteousness delivereth from death.

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Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath,
    but righteousness will deliver from death.

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25 The liberal soul shall be made fat;
And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

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25 A person of blessing will be enriched,
    and he who gives water also will be refreshed.

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28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall;
But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

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28 He who trusts in his wealth is he who will fall,
    but like a green leaf the righteous will flourish.

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There is that [a]maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:
There is that [b]maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
The ransom of a man’s life is his riches;
But the poor heareth no [c]threatening.

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  1. Proverbs 13:7 Or, feigneth
  2. Proverbs 13:7 Or, feigneth
  3. Proverbs 13:8 Or, rebuke

There is one who acts rich but has nothing;[a]
    another who pretends to be poor but has wealth.
The ransom of the life of a man is his wealth,
    but the poor does not receive a threat.

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  1. Proverbs 13:7 Literally “there is no”

11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
But he that gathereth [a]by labor shall have increase.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Hebrew with the hand.

11 Wealth gained from haste[a] will dwindle,
    but he who gathers little by little[b] will increase it.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or “vanity”
  2. Proverbs 13:11 Literally “upon the hand”

22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children;
And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

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22 He who is good will leave an inheritance to his grandchildren,[a]
    and stored up for the righteous is the wealth of a sinner.

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  1. Proverbs 13:22 Literally “sons of sons”

20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor;
But the rich hath many friends.

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20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    but the lovers of the rich are many.

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24 [a]The crown of the wise is their riches;
But the folly of fools is only folly.

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  1. Proverbs 14:24 Or, Their riches is a crown unto the wise

24 The crown of the wise is their wealth;
    the folly of fools is folly.

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