Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;(A)
10 then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.(B)

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Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with (A)the firstfruits of all your produce;
10 then your (B)barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with wine.

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Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.(A)

The Lord will not let the righteous go hungry,(B)
but he denies the wicked what they crave.(C)

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.(D)

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(A)Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
    (B)but righteousness delivers from death.
(C)The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,
    (D)but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
A slack hand (E)causes poverty,
    (F)but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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15 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

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22 The Lord’s blessing enriches,(A)
and he adds no painful effort to it.[a](B)

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  1. 10:22 Or and painful effort adds nothing to it

22 (A)The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
    and he adds no sorrow with it.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 10:22 Or and toil adds nothing to it

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.(A)

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(A)Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    (B)but righteousness delivers from death.

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25 A generous person will be enriched,(A)
and the one who gives a drink of water
will receive water.(B)

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25 (A)Whoever brings blessing (B)will be enriched,
    and (C)one who waters will himself be watered.

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28 Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,(A)
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.(B)

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28 Whoever (A)trusts in his riches will fall,
    but the righteous will (B)flourish like a green leaf.

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One person pretends to be rich but has nothing;(A)
another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.(B)

Riches are a ransom for a person’s life,(C)
but a poor person hears no threat.

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(A)One pretends to be rich,[a] yet has nothing;
    (B)another pretends to be poor,[b] yet has great wealth.
The ransom of a man's life is his wealth,
    but a poor man (C)hears no threat.

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  1. Proverbs 13:7 Or One makes himself rich
  2. Proverbs 13:7 Or another makes himself poor

11 Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,(A)
but whoever earns it through labor[a] will multiply it.(B)

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  1. 13:11 Lit whoever gathers upon his hand

11 (A)Wealth gained hastily[a] will dwindle,
    but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or by fraud

22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his[a] grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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  1. 13:22 Or inheritance: his

22 (A)A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
    but (B)the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.

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20 A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,(A)
but there are many who love the rich.(B)

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20 (A)The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    (B)but the rich has many friends.

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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but the foolishness of fools produces foolishness.

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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
    but the folly of fools brings folly.

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