Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;(A)
10 then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.(B)

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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.

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15 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.(A)

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Riches won’t help on the day of judgment,
    but right living can save you from death.

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28 Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,(A)
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.(B)

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28 Trust in your money and down you go!
    But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.

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Riches are a ransom for a person’s life,(A)
but a poor person hears no threat.

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The rich can pay a ransom for their lives,
    but the poor won’t even get threatened.

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20 A poor person is hated even by his neighbor,(A)
but there are many who love the rich.(B)

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20 The poor are despised even by their neighbors,
    while the rich have many “friends.”

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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but the foolishness of fools produces foolishness.

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24 Wealth is a crown for the wise;
    the effort of fools yields only foolishness.

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16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure with turmoil.(A)

17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love
than a fattened ox(B) with hatred.(C)

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16 Better to have little, with fear for the Lord,
    than to have great treasure and inner turmoil.

17 A bowl of vegetables with someone you love
    is better than steak with someone you hate.

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The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,(A)
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.(B)

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Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
    those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.

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16 Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?(A)

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16 It is senseless to pay to educate a fool,
    since he has no heart for learning.

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11 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.(A)

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11 The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;
    they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.

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23 The poor person pleads,(A)
but the rich one answers roughly.(B)

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23 The poor plead for mercy;
    the rich answer with insults.

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