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Honor Yahweh from your substance,[a]
    and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,
10 and your barns shall be full of plenty,
    and your vats shall burst with new wine.

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  1. Proverbs 3:9 Or “wealth, property”

(A)Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 (B)So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.

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15 The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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15 The (A)rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath,
    but righteousness will deliver from death.

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

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28 He who trusts in his wealth is he who will fall,
    but like a green leaf the righteous will flourish.

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28 (A)He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But (B)the righteous will flourish like foliage.

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The ransom of the life of a man is his wealth,
    but the poor does not receive a threat.

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The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,
But the poor does not hear rebuke.

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20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    but the lovers of the rich are many.

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20 (A)The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
But [a]the rich has many (B)friends.

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  1. Proverbs 14:20 Lit. many are the lovers of the rich

24 The crown of the wise is their wealth;
    the folly of fools is folly.

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24 The crown of the wise is their riches,
But the foolishness of fools is folly.

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16 Better is little with the fear of Yahweh
    than great treasure and trouble with it.[a]
17 Better is a dinner of vegetables when[b] love is there
    than a fattened ox and hatred with it.[c]

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  1. Proverbs 15:16 Or “him”
  2. Proverbs 15:17 Hebrew “and”
  3. Proverbs 15:17 Or “him”

16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord,
Than great treasure with trouble.
17 (B)Better is a dinner of [a]herbs where love is,
Than a fatted calf with hatred.

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  1. Proverbs 15:17 Or vegetables

He who mocks the poor insults him who made him;
    he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

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(A)He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;
(B)He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

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16 Why is this? A price in the hand of a fool,
    in order to buy wisdom where[a] there is no sense.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Hebrew “and”
  2. Proverbs 17:16 Literally “heart”

16 Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom,
Since he has no heart for it?

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11 The wealth of the rich is his strong city,[a]
    and like a wall, it is high in his imagination.

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  1. Proverbs 18:11 Literally “a city of his strength”

11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own esteem.

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23 The poor may speak entreaties,
    but the rich will answer roughly.

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23 The poor man uses entreaties,
But the rich answers (A)roughly.

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