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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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Honor the Lord with your substance
    and with the first fruits of all your produce;(A)
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with wine.

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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.

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  1. Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,[a]
    when it is in your power to do it.(A)
28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Go and come again;
    tomorrow I will give it,” when you have it with you.(B)

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  1. 3.27 Heb from its owners

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.

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

24 Some give freely yet grow all the richer;
    others withhold what is due and only suffer want.(A)
25 A generous person will be enriched,
    and one who gives water will get water.(B)

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26 All day long he [a]is insatiably craving,
While the righteous (A)gives and does not hold back.

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  1. Proverbs 21:26 Lit desires desire

26 All day long the wicked covet,[a]
    but the righteous give and do not hold back.(A)

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  1. 21.26 Gk: Heb all day long one covets covetously

He who [a]is (A)generous will be blessed,
For he (B)gives from his food to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye

Those who are generous are blessed,
    for they share their bread with the poor.(A)

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(A)Do not eat the bread of [a]a (B)selfish man,
And do not desire his delicacies;

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  1. Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye

Do not eat the bread of the stingy;
    do not desire their delicacies,(A)

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14 Like (A)clouds and (B)wind without rain
Is a man who boasts [a]of his gifts falsely.

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  1. Proverbs 25:14 Lit in a gift of falsehood

14 Like clouds and wind without rain
    is one who boasts of a gift never given.(A)

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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.

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  1. Proverbs 25:21 Lit one who hates you
  2. Proverbs 25:22 Lit snatch up

21 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat,
    and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink,(A)
22 for you will heap coals of fire on their heads,
    and the Lord will reward you.(B)

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27 He who (A)gives to the poor will never want,
But he who [a]shuts his eyes will have many curses.

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  1. Proverbs 28:27 Lit hides

27 Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
    but one who turns a blind eye will get many a curse.(A)

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