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

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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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[a](A)Ill-gotten gains do not benefit,
But righteousness rescues from death.
The Lord (B)will not allow the [b]righteous to hunger,
But He (C)will [c]reject the craving of the wicked.
Poor is one who works with [d]a lazy hand,
But the (D)hand of the diligent makes rich.

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  1. Proverbs 10:2 Lit Treasures of wickedness
  2. Proverbs 10:3 Lit soul of the righteous
  3. Proverbs 10:3 Lit thrust away
  4. Proverbs 10:4 Lit an idle hand

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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15 The (A)rich person’s wealth is his [a]fortress,
The (B)ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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  1. Proverbs 10:15 Lit strong city

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

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22 It is the (A)blessing of the Lord that makes rich,
And He adds no sorrow to it.

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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

(A)Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath,
But (B)righteousness rescues from death.

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

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25 A [a](A)generous person will be [b]prosperous,
And one who (B)gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.

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

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

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

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

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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

11 Wealth obtained from [a]nothing dwindles,
But one who gathers [b]by labor increases it.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Prob. referring to fraud
  2. Proverbs 13:11 Lit by hand

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.

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

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  1. Proverbs 13:22 Lit sons’ sons

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

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

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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