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 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 10:15
English Standard Version
15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Proverbs 10:15
Revised Standard Version
15 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Proverbs 11:4
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Proverbs 11:4
Revised Standard Version
4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:28
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Proverbs 11:28
Revised Standard Version
28 He who trusts in his riches will wither,[a]
but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:28 Cn: Heb fall
Proverbs 13:8
English Standard Version
8 The ransom of a man's life is his wealth,
but a poor man (A)hears no threat.
Proverbs 13:8
Revised Standard Version
8 The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
but a poor man has no means of redemption.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:8 Cn: Heb does not hear rebuke
Proverbs 14:20
English Standard Version
Proverbs 14:20
Revised Standard Version
20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
but the rich has many friends.
Proverbs 14:24
English Standard Version
24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but the folly of fools brings folly.
Proverbs 14:24
Revised Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:24 Cn Compare Gk: Heb riches
- Proverbs 14:24 Cn: Heb folly
Proverbs 15:16-17
English Standard Version
16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble with it.
17 (B)Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
than (C)a fattened ox and hatred with it.
Proverbs 15:16-17
Revised Standard Version
16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble with it.
17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
Proverbs 17:5
English Standard Version
5 Whoever mocks the poor (A)insults his Maker;
he who is (B)glad at calamity will not go (C)unpunished.
Proverbs 17:5
Revised Standard Version
5 He who mocks the poor insults his Maker;
he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 17:16
English Standard Version
16 Why should a fool have money in his hand (A)to buy wisdom
when he has no sense?
Proverbs 17:16
Revised Standard Version
16 Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom,
when he has no mind?
Proverbs 18:11
English Standard Version
11 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city,
and like a high wall in his imagination.
Proverbs 18:11
Revised Standard Version
11 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
and like a high wall protecting him.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:11 Or in his imagination
Proverbs 18:23
English Standard Version
23 The poor use entreaties,
but (A)the rich answer roughly.
Proverbs 18:23
Revised Standard Version
23 The poor use entreaties,
but the rich answer roughly.
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