Proverbs 3:9-10
Modern English Version
9 Honor the Lord with your substance,
and with the first fruits of all your increase;
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your presses will burst out with new wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10
Authorized (King James) Version
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 10:2-4
Modern English Version
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
but righteousness delivers from death.
3 The Lord will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish,
but He casts away the desire of the wicked.
4 He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand,
but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 10:2-4
Authorized (King James) Version
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing:
but righteousness delivereth from death.
3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish:
but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand:
but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 10:15
Modern English Version
15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 10:15
Authorized (King James) Version
15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city:
the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 10:22
Modern English Version
22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
and He adds no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 10:22
Authorized (King James) Version
22 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich,
and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 11:4
Modern English Version
4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:4
Authorized (King James) Version
4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath:
but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:25
Modern English Version
25 The generous soul will be made rich,
and he who waters will be watered also himself.
Proverbs 11:25
Authorized (King James) Version
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat:
and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs 11:28
Modern English Version
28 He who trusts in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish as a branch.
Proverbs 11:28
Authorized (King James) Version
28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall:
but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs 13:7-8
Modern English Version
7 There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing;
there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.
8 The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,
but the poor does not hear rebuke.
Proverbs 13:7-8
Authorized (King James) Version
7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:
there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
8 The ransom of a man’s life are his riches:
but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 13:11
Modern English Version
11 Wealth gained by vanity will be diminished,
but he who gathers by labor will increase.
Proverbs 13:11
Authorized (King James) Version
11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished:
but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 13:22
Modern English Version
22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 13:22
Authorized (King James) Version
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children:
and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 14:20
Modern English Version
20 The poor is hated even by his own neighbor,
but the rich has many friends.
Proverbs 14:20
Authorized (King James) Version
20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour:
but the rich hath many friends.
Proverbs 14:24
Modern English Version
24 The crown of the wise is their riches,
but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Proverbs 14:24
Authorized (King James) Version
24 The crown of the wise is their riches:
but the foolishness of fools is folly.
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