⁹ 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.

² Tainted wealth has no lasting value,
    but right living can save your life.

³ The Lord will not let the godly go hungry,
    but he refuses to satisfy the craving of the wicked.

⁴ Lazy people are soon poor;
    hard workers get rich.

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

²² The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich,
    and he adds no sorrow with it.

⁴ Riches won’t help on the day of judgment,
    but right living can save you from death.

²⁵ The generous will prosper;
    those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

²⁸ Trust in your money and down you go!
    But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.

⁷ Some who are poor pretend to be rich;
    others who are rich pretend to be poor.

⁸ The rich can pay a ransom for their lives,
    but the poor won’t even get threatened.

¹¹ Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears;
    wealth from hard work grows over time.

²² Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,
    but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.