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 best part of everything you produce.
10 Then he will fill your barns with grain,
    and your vats will overflow with good 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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Tainted wealth has no lasting value,
    but right living can save your life.

The Lord will not let the godly go hungry,
    but he refuses to satisfy the craving of the wicked.

Lazy people are soon poor;
    hard workers get 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 wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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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 blessing of the Lord makes a person rich,
    and he adds no sorrow with 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 won’t help on the day of judgment,
    but right living can save you 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 The generous 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 Trust in your money and down you go!
    But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.

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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 who are poor pretend to be rich;
    others who are rich pretend to be poor.

The rich can pay a ransom for their lives,
    but the poor won’t even get threatened.

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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 Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears;
    wealth from hard work grows over time.

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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 an inheritance to their grandchildren,
    but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.

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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 The poor are despised even by their neighbors,
    while the rich have many “friends.”

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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 a crown for the wise;
    the effort of fools yields only foolishness.

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