(A)Honor the Lord from your wealth,
And from the (B)first of all your produce;
10 Then your (C)barns will be filled with plenty,
And your (D)vats will overflow with new wine.

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Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with (A)the firstfruits of all your produce;
10 then your (B)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 power to do it.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it to you,”
When you have it with you.

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  1. Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners

27 (A)Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,[a]
    when it is in your power to do it.

28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
    tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.

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  1. Proverbs 3:27 Hebrew Do not withhold good from its owners

24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.
25 A [a](A)generous person will be [b]prosperous,
And one who (B)gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.

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

24 (A)One gives (B)freely, yet grows all the richer;
    another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 (C)Whoever brings blessing (D)will be enriched,
    and (E)one who waters will himself be watered.

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

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One who [a]is (A)generous will be blessed,
Because he (B)gives some of his food to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye

(A)Whoever has a bountiful[a] eye will be blessed,
    for he (B)shares his bread with the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good

(A)Do not eat the bread of [a]a (B)selfish person;
Or desire his delicacies;

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  1. Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye

(A)Do not eat the bread of a man who is (B)stingy;[a]
    (C)do not desire his delicacies,

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  1. Proverbs 23:6 Hebrew whose eye is evil

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

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

14 Like (A)clouds and wind without rain
    is a man who (B)boasts of a gift he does not give.

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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)the Lord will reward you.

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

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

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27 One who (A)gives to the poor will never lack anything,
But one who [a]shuts his eyes will have many curses.

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  1. Proverbs 28:27 Lit hides

27 Whoever (A)gives to the poor will not want,
    but he who (B)hides his eyes will get many a curse.

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