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Honor Yahweh with your substance,
    with the first fruits of all your increase:
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will overflow with new wine.

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Honor the Lord with your substance,
    and with the first fruits of all your increase;
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your presses will burst out with new wine.

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27 Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again;
    tomorrow I will give it to you,”
    when you have it by you.

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27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give it,”
    when you have it with you.

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24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more.
    There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat.
    He who waters shall be watered also himself.

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24 There is one who scatters, yet increases;
    and there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.

25 The generous soul will be made rich,
    and he who waters will be watered also himself.

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26 There are those who covet greedily all day long;
    but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

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26 He covets greedily all the day long,
    but the righteous gives and does not spare.

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He who has a generous eye will be blessed;
    for he shares his food with the poor.

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He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed,
    for he gives of his bread to the poor.

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Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
    and don’t crave his delicacies:

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Saying Nine

Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye,
    neither desire his delicacies;

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14 As clouds and wind without rain,
    so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

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14 Whoever boasts himself of a false gift
    is like clouds and wind without rain.

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21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat.
    If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 for you will heap coals of fire on his head,
    and Yahweh will reward you.

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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 upon his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.

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27 One who gives to the poor has no lack;
    but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

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27 He who gives to the poor will not lack,
    but he who hides his eyes will have many a curse.

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