⁹ 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)

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)

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)

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

⁹ The generous will themselves be blessed,^(A)
    for they share their food with the poor.^(B)