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.

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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.

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15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

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15 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

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(A)Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    (B)but righteousness delivers from death.

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Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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28 Whoever (A)trusts in his riches will fall,
    but the righteous will (B)flourish like a green leaf.

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28 He who trusts in his riches will wither,[a]
    but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:28 Cn: Heb fall

The ransom of a man's life is his wealth,
    but a poor man (A)hears no threat.

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The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
    but a poor man has no means of redemption.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 13:8 Cn: Heb does not hear rebuke

20 (A)The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    (B)but the rich has many friends.

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20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    but the rich has many friends.

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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
    but the folly of fools brings folly.

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24 The crown of the wise is their wisdom,[a]
    but folly is the garland[b] of fools.

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  1. Proverbs 14:24 Cn Compare Gk: Heb riches
  2. Proverbs 14:24 Cn: Heb folly

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.

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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.

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Whoever mocks the poor (A)insults his Maker;
    he who is (B)glad at calamity will not go (C)unpunished.

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He who mocks the poor insults his Maker;
    he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

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16 Why should a fool have money in his hand (A)to buy wisdom
    when he has no sense?

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16 Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom,
    when he has no mind?

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11 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city,
    and like a high wall in his imagination.

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11 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
    and like a high wall protecting him.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 18:11 Or in his imagination

23 The poor use entreaties,
    but (A)the rich answer roughly.

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23 The poor use entreaties,
    but the rich answer roughly.

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