Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 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.
Proverbs 3:9-10
Revised Standard Version
9 Honor the Lord with your substance
and with the first fruits of all your produce;
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Proverbs 3:27-28
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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)
Footnotes
- 3.27 Heb from its owners
Proverbs 3:27-28
Revised Standard Version
27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it[a] is due,
when it is in your power to do it.
28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Heb Do not withhold good from its owners
Proverbs 11:24-25
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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)
Proverbs 11:24-25
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24 One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 A liberal man will be enriched,
and one who waters will himself be watered.
Proverbs 21:26
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Footnotes
- 21.26 Gk: Heb all day long one covets covetously
Proverbs 21:26
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26 All day long the wicked covets,[a]
but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:26 Gk: Heb all day long he covets covetously
Proverbs 22:9
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9 Those who are generous are blessed,
for they share their bread with the poor.(A)
Proverbs 22:9
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9 He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed,
for he shares his bread with the poor.
Proverbs 23:6
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6 Do not eat the bread of the stingy;
do not desire their delicacies,(A)
Proverbs 23:6
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6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;
do not desire his delicacies;
Proverbs 25:14
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14 Like clouds and wind without rain
is one who boasts of a gift never given.(A)
Proverbs 25:14
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14 Like clouds and wind without rain
is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.
Proverbs 25:21-22
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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)
Proverbs 25:21-22
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21 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 coals of fire on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.
Proverbs 28:27
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27 Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
but one who turns a blind eye will get many a curse.(A)
Proverbs 28:27
Revised Standard Version
27 He who gives to the poor will not want,
but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
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