Proverbs 3:9-10
Evangelical Heritage Version
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits from your entire harvest.
10 Then your barns will be filled to capacity,
and your wine vats will overflow with fresh wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10
Lexham English Bible
9 Honor Yahweh from your substance,[a]
and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,
10 and your barns shall be full of plenty,
and your vats shall burst with new wine.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:9 Or “wealth, property”
Proverbs 3:27-28
Evangelical Heritage Version
Fourth Address to a Son:
Practice Wisdom Toward Your Neighbor
27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due
when it is within your power to give it.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go away! Come back some other time.
I will give something to you tomorrow,”
when in fact it is already with you right now.
Proverbs 3:27-28
Lexham English Bible
27 Do not withhold good from its owner[a]
when it is in the power of your hand to do.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go and return and tomorrow I will give it,”
when it is with you.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Or “lord”
- Proverbs 3:28 Literally “and there is with you”
Proverbs 11:24-25
Evangelical Heritage Version
24 One person scatters his wealth, but it still increases.
Another hoards it unjustly, but this leads only to poverty.
25 A person who spreads blessings will be enriched.
One who gives a refreshing drink will be refreshed.
Proverbs 11:24-25
Lexham English Bible
24 There is one who gives yet grows richer,[a]
but he who withholds what is right[b] only finds need.
25 A person of blessing will be enriched,
and he who gives water also will be refreshed.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:24 Literally “adding more”
- Proverbs 11:24 Literally “from what is right”
Proverbs 21:26
Evangelical Heritage Version
26 All day long he craves something more,
but a righteous person gives and does not hold back.
Proverbs 21:26
Lexham English Bible
26 All day[a] he craves a craving,
but the righteous will give and not hold back.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:26 Literally “All the day”
Proverbs 22:9
Evangelical Heritage Version
9 A generous person will be blessed,
because he gives some of his food to the poor.
Proverbs 22:9
Lexham English Bible
9 He who is generous[a] will be blessed,
for he gives to the poor from his own bread.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:9 Literally “the generous of eye”
Proverbs 23:6
Evangelical Heritage Version
6 Do not eat the food of a miser.
Do not crave his delicious food,
Proverbs 23:6
Lexham English Bible
6 Do not eat the bread of the stingy,[a]
and do not desire his delicacies.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:6 Literally “stingy of eye”
Proverbs 25:14
Evangelical Heritage Version
14 A person who brags about a gift that is never given
is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.
Proverbs 25:14
Lexham English Bible
14 Like clouds and wind when there is no rain,
so too is a man who boasts in a gift of deception.
Proverbs 25:21-22
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat.
If he is thirsty, give him something to drink,
22 because you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will repay you.
Proverbs 25:21-22
Lexham English Bible
21 If your enemy is hungry, feed him bread,
and if thirsty, let him drink water.
22 For coals of fire you will heap upon his head,
and Yahweh will reward you.
Proverbs 28:27
Evangelical Heritage Version
27 A person who gives to the poor will lack nothing,
but a person who closes his eyes to them will receive many curses.
Proverbs 28:27
Lexham English Bible
27 For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking,
but for he[a] who turns his eyes, there are many curses.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:27 Hebrew “those”
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