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(A)Honor Yahweh from your wealth
And from the (B)first of all your produce;
10 So your (C)barns will be filled with plenty
And your (D)vats will burst with new wine.

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(A)Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death.
Yahweh (B)will not allow the soul of the righteous to hunger,
But He (C)will push away the craving of the wicked.
Poor is he who works with a slack [a]hand,
But the (D)hand of the diligent makes rich.

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  1. Proverbs 10:4 Lit palm

15 The (A)rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
The (B)ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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22 It is the (A)blessing of Yahweh that makes rich,
And He adds no pain with it.

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(A)Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath,
But (B)righteousness will deliver from death.

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25 The soul [a]that (A)blesses will be [b]enriched,
And he who (B)waters will himself be watered.

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  1. Proverbs 11:25 Lit of blessing
  2. Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat

28 He who (A)trusts in his riches will fall,
But (B)the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

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There is one who (A)pretends to be rich, but has nothing;
Another [a]pretends to be (B)poor, but has great wealth.
The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.

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  1. Proverbs 13:7 Lit impoverishes himself

11 Wealth obtained from empty effort dwindles,
But the one who gathers [a]with his hand abounds.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or gradually

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

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  1. Proverbs 13:22 Lit sons’ sons

20 The (A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

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24 The (A)crown of the wise is their riches,
But the folly of fools is folly.

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The house of the (A)righteous has much treasure,
But in the income of the wicked there is trouble.

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16 (A)Better is a little with the [a]fear of Yahweh
Than great treasure and turmoil with it.
17 (B)Better is a [b]dish of [c]vegetables where there is love
Than a (C)fattened ox and hatred in it.

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  1. Proverbs 15:16 Or reverence
  2. Proverbs 15:17 Or portion
  3. Proverbs 15:17 Or herbs

20 He who considers the word will (A)find good,
And how (B)blessed is he who trusts in Yahweh.

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11 A (A)rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own delusion.

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(A)Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.

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21 An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
In the end will not be blessed.

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The [a]thoughts of the (A)diligent lead surely to profit,
But everyone (B)who is hasty comes surely to poverty.
(C)Working for treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting breath, by those who pursue (D)death.

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  1. Proverbs 21:5 Or plans