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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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.

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Treat Others Fairly

27 When it is in your power,[a]
don’t withhold good(A) from the one to whom it belongs.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go away! Come back later.
I’ll give it tomorrow”—when it is there with you.(B)

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  1. 3:27 Lit in the power of your hands

27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it
    when it’s in your power to help them.
28 If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say,
    “Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.”

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24 One person gives freely,
yet gains more;(A)
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.(B)

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

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24 Give freely and become more wealthy;
    be stingy and lose everything.

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

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26 He is filled with craving[a] all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.(A)

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  1. 21:26 Lit He craves a craving

26 Some people are always greedy for more,
    but the godly love to give!

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A generous person[a] will be blessed,(A)
for he shares his food with the poor.(B)

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  1. 22:9 Lit Good of eye

Blessed are those who are generous,
    because they feed the poor.

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Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,[a](A)
and don’t desire his choice food,(B)

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  1. 23:6 Lit eat bread of an evil eye

Don’t eat with people who are stingy;
    don’t desire their delicacies.

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14 The one who boasts about a gift that does not exist
is like clouds and wind without rain.(A)

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14 A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it
    is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.

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21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,(A)
22 for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.(B)

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21 If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat.
    If they are thirsty, give them water to drink.
22 You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads,
    and the Lord will reward you.

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27 The one who gives to the poor
will not be in need,
but one who turns his eyes away[a]
will receive many curses.(A)

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  1. 28:27 Lit who shuts his eyes

27 Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
    but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.

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