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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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Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;(A)
10 then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.(B)

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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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Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.(A)

The Lord will not let the righteous go hungry,(B)
but He denies the wicked what they crave.(C)

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.(D)

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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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15 A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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

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22 The Lord’s blessing enriches,(A)
and struggle adds nothing to it.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:22 Or and He adds no trouble to it

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

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Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.(A)

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

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25 A generous person will be enriched,(A)
and the one who gives a drink of water
will receive water.(B)

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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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Footnotes

  1. 11.28 Cn: Heb fall

28 Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,(A)
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.(B)

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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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One man pretends to be rich but has nothing;(A)
another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.(B)

Riches are a ransom for a man’s life,(C)
but a poor man hears no threat.

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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

11 Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,(A)
but whoever earns it through labor[a] will multiply it.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:11 Lit whoever gathers upon [his] hand

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:22 Or inheritance: his

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

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20 A poor man is hated even by his neighbor,(A)
but there are many who love the rich.(B)

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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

24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but the foolishness of fools produces foolishness.

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