Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(A) of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled(B) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(C)

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Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with the first of all your crops.
10 Then your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will burst with wine.

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Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,(A)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(B)

The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,(C)
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.(D)

Lazy hands make for poverty,(E)
    but diligent hands bring wealth.(F)

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The treasure of the wicked won’t profit them,
    but righteousness rescues people from death.
The Lord doesn’t let the righteous starve,
    but he rejects the desires of the wicked.
Laziness brings poverty;
    hard work makes one rich.

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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(B)

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15 The riches of the wealthy are their strong city;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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22 The blessing of the Lord(A) brings wealth,(B)
    without painful toil for it.(C)

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22 The Lord’s blessing makes a person rich,
    and no trouble is added to it.

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Wealth(A) is worthless in the day of wrath,(B)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(C)

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Riches don’t help in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness rescues from death.

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25 A generous(A) person will prosper;
    whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.(B)

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25 Generous persons will prosper;
    those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

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28 Those who trust in their riches will fall,(A)
    but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.(B)

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28 Those who trust in their wealth will wither,
    but the righteous will thrive like leafy trees.

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One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;(A)
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.(B)

A person’s riches may ransom their life,
    but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.(C)

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Some pretend to be rich but have nothing,
    while others pretend to be poor, but have great riches.
Wealth can ransom a person’s life,
    but the poor don’t even receive threats.

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11 Dishonest money dwindles away,(A)
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

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11 Riches gotten quickly[a] will dwindle,
    but those who acquire them gradually become wealthy.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:11 LXX; MT from meaninglessness

22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
    but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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22 Good people leave their grandchildren an inheritance,
    but the wealth of sinners is stored up for the righteous.

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

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20 Even their neighbors hate the poor,
    but many love the wealthy.

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24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
    but the folly of fools yields folly.(A)

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24 Wealth is the crown of the wise,
    and the folly of fools is folly.

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