Proverbs 3:9-10
New Living Translation
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the best part of everything you produce.
10 Then he will fill your barns with grain,
and your vats will overflow with good wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10
English Standard Version
9 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.
Proverbs 8:12-21
New Living Translation
12 “I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment.
I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.
13 All who fear the Lord will hate evil.
Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,
corruption and perverse speech.
14 Common sense and success belong to me.
Insight and strength are mine.
15 Because of me, kings reign,
and rulers make just decrees.
16 Rulers lead with my help,
and nobles make righteous judgments.[a]
17 “I love all who love me.
Those who search will surely find me.
18 I have riches and honor,
as well as enduring wealth and justice.
19 My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold,
my wages better than sterling silver!
20 I walk in righteousness,
in paths of justice.
21 Those who love me inherit wealth.
I will fill their treasuries.
Footnotes
- 8:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version read and nobles are judges over the earth.
Proverbs 8:12-21
English Standard Version
12 “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
and I find knowledge and (A)discretion.
13 (B)The fear of the Lord is (C)hatred of evil.
(D)Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and (E)perverted speech I hate.
14 I have (F)counsel and (G)sound wisdom;
I have insight; (H)I have strength.
15 By me (I)kings reign,
and rulers decree what is just;
16 by me princes rule,
and nobles, all who govern justly.[a]
17 (J)I love those who love me,
and (K)those who seek me diligently find me.
18 (L)Riches and honor are with me,
(M)enduring wealth and (N)righteousness.
19 My fruit is (O)better than (P)gold, even fine gold,
and my yield than (Q)choice silver.
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,
in the paths of justice,
21 granting an inheritance to those who love me,
and filling their treasuries.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint govern the earth
Proverbs 10:4
New Living Translation
4 Lazy people are soon poor;
hard workers get rich.
Proverbs 10:4
English Standard Version
Proverbs 11:24-25
New Living Translation
24 Give freely and become more wealthy;
be stingy and lose everything.
25 The generous will prosper;
those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
Proverbs 11:28
New Living Translation
28 Trust in your money and down you go!
But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.
Proverbs 11:28
English Standard Version
Proverbs 12:11
New Living Translation
11 A hard worker has plenty of food,
but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.
Proverbs 12:11
English Standard Version
11 (A)Whoever works his land (B)will have plenty of bread,
(C)but he who follows (D)worthless pursuits lacks sense.
Proverbs 12:14
New Living Translation
14 Wise words bring many benefits,
and hard work brings rewards.
Proverbs 12:14
English Standard Version
14 From the fruit of his mouth (A)a man is satisfied with good,
(B)and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.
Proverbs 12:27
New Living Translation
27 Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch,
but the diligent make use of everything they find.
Proverbs 12:27
English Standard Version
27 (A)Whoever is slothful will not roast his game,
but the diligent man will get precious wealth.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:27 Or but diligence is precious wealth
Proverbs 13:4
New Living Translation
4 Lazy people want much but get little,
but those who work hard will prosper.
Proverbs 13:4
English Standard Version
4 (A)The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
while the soul of the diligent (B)is richly supplied.
Proverbs 13:11
New Living Translation
11 Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears;
wealth from hard work grows over time.
Proverbs 13:11
English Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:11 Or by fraud
Proverbs 13:22
New Living Translation
22 Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.
Proverbs 13:22
English Standard Version
22 (A)A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
but (B)the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
Proverbs 13:25
New Living Translation
25 The godly eat to their hearts’ content,
but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
Proverbs 13:25
English Standard Version
25 (A)The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
but the belly of the wicked suffers want.
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