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(A)Honor Yahweh from your wealth
And from the (B)first of all your produce;
10 So your (C)barns will be filled with plenty
And your (D)vats will burst with new wine.

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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.

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(A)Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death.
Yahweh (B)will not allow the soul of the righteous to hunger,
But He (C)will push away the craving of the wicked.
Poor is he who works with a slack [a]hand,
But the (D)hand of the diligent makes rich.

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  1. Proverbs 10:4 Lit palm

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

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15 The (A)rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
The (B)ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.(A)

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22 It is the (A)blessing of Yahweh that makes rich,
And He adds no pain with it.

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22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
    and toil adds nothing to it.(A)

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(A)Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath,
But (B)righteousness will deliver from death.

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

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25 The soul [a]that (A)blesses will be [b]enriched,
And he who (B)waters will himself be watered.

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  1. Proverbs 11:25 Lit of blessing
  2. Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat

25 A generous person will be enriched,
    and one who gives water will get water.(A)

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28 He who (A)trusts in his riches will fall,
But (B)the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

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28 Those who trust in their riches will wither,[a]
    but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.(A)

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  1. 11.28 Cn: Heb fall

There is one who (A)pretends to be rich, but has nothing;
Another [a]pretends to be (B)poor, but has great wealth.
The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.

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  1. Proverbs 13:7 Lit impoverishes himself

Some pretend to be rich yet have nothing;
    others pretend to be poor yet have great wealth.(A)
Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
    but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.

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11 Wealth obtained from empty effort dwindles,
But the one who gathers [a]with his hand abounds.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or gradually

11 Wealth hastily gotten[a] will dwindle,
    but those who gather little by little will increase it.(A)

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  1. 13.11 Gk Vg: Heb from vanity

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

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  1. Proverbs 13:22 Lit sons’ sons

22 The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,
    but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.(A)

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20 The (A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

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20 The poor are disliked even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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24 The (A)crown of the wise is their riches,
But the folly of fools is folly.

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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
    but folly is the garland[a] of fools.

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  1. 14.24 Cn: Heb is the folly