Proverbs 3:9-10
Legacy Standard Bible
9 (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.
Proverbs 3:9-10
Common English Bible
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the first of all your crops.
10 Then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will burst with wine.
Proverbs 3:27-28
Legacy Standard Bible
27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in your hand to do it.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When it is there with you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners
Proverbs 3:27-28
Common English Bible
27 Don’t withhold good from someone who deserves it,
when it is in your power to do so.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go and come back;
I’ll give it to you tomorrow,” when you have it.
Proverbs 11:24-25
Legacy Standard Bible
24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who holds back what is rightly due, and yet results only in want.
25 The soul [a]that (A)blesses will be [b]enriched,
And he who (B)waters will himself be watered.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:25 Lit of blessing
- Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat
Proverbs 11:24-25
Common English Bible
24 Those who give generously receive more,
but those who are stingy with what is appropriate will grow needy.
25 Generous persons will prosper;
those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
Proverbs 21:26
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:26 Lit desires desire
Proverbs 21:26
Common English Bible
26 The lazy desire things constantly,
but the righteous give without holding back.
Proverbs 22:9
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye
Proverbs 22:9
Common English Bible
9 Happy are generous people,
because they give some of their food to the poor.
Proverbs 23:6
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye
Proverbs 23:6
Common English Bible
6 Don’t eat food with stingy people;
don’t long for their delicacies,
Proverbs 25:14
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:14 Lit in a gift of falsehood
Proverbs 25:14
Common English Bible
14 People who brag about a gift never given
are like clouds and wind that produce no rain.
Proverbs 25:21-22
Legacy Standard Bible
21 (A)If [a]your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 For you will [b]heap burning coals on his head,
And (B)Yahweh will repay you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:21 Lit one who hates you
- Proverbs 25:22 Lit snatch up
Proverbs 25:21-22
Common English Bible
21 If your enemies are starving, feed them some bread;
if they are thirsty, give them water to drink.
22 By doing this, you will heap burning coals on their heads,
and the Lord will reward you.
Proverbs 28:27
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:27 Lit hides
Proverbs 28:27
Common English Bible
27 Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,
but those who turn a blind eye will be greatly cursed.
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