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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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(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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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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[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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Footnotes

  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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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 [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

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

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

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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

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 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

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

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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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24 The crown of the wise is their riches,
    but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

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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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