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Honor Yahweh with your substance,
    with the first fruits of all your increase:
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will overflow with new 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 of wickedness profit nothing,
    but righteousness delivers from death.
Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry,
    but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand,
    but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

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

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

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22 Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth,
    and he adds no trouble to it.

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22 The Lord’s blessing enriches,(A)
and he adds no painful effort to it.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:22 Or and painful effort adds nothing to it

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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

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25 The liberal soul shall be made fat.
    He who waters shall be watered also himself.

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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 He who trusts in his riches will fall,
    but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

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

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There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing.
    There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,
    but the poor hear no threats.

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

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

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11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away,
    but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

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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. 13:11 Lit whoever gathers upon his hand

22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
    but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

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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. 13:22 Or inheritance: his

20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
    but the rich person has many friends.

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20 A poor person 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 riches,
    but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

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

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