Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(A) of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled(B) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(C)

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(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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27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
    when you already have it with you.(A)

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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

24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
    another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

25 A generous(A) person will prosper;
    whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.(B)

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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

26 All day long he craves for more,
    but the righteous(A) give without sparing.(B)

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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

The generous will themselves be blessed,(A)
    for they share their food with the poor.(B)

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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

Saying 9

Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
    do not crave his delicacies;(A)

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(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

14 Like clouds and wind without rain
    is one who boasts of gifts never given.

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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

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

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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

27 Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,(A)
    but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.(B)

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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