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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”

Honor the Lord with your substance
    and with the first fruits of all your produce;(A)
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with 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 wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.(A)

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

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

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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 Those who trust in their riches will wither,[a]
    but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.(A)

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  1. 11.28 Cn: Heb fall

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

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Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
    but a poor person pays no attention to a 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 The poor are disliked even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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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 wealth,
    but folly is the garland[a] of fools.

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  1. 14.24 Cn: Heb is the folly

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 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great treasure and trouble with it.(A)
17 Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is
    than a fatted ox and hatred with it.(B)

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

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Those who mock the poor insult their Maker;
    those who are glad at calamity will not go unpunished.(A)

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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 should fools have a price in hand
    to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?

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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 wealth of the rich is their strong city;
    in their imagination it is like a high wall.(A)

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

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

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