Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 Honor Yahweh with your substance,
with the first fruits of all your increase:
10 so your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 10:15
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15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 11:4
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4 Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:28
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28 He who trusts in his riches will fall,
but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
Proverbs 13:8
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8 The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,
but the poor hear no threats.
Proverbs 14:20
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20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
but the rich person has many friends.
Proverbs 14:24
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches,
but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
Proverbs 15:16-17
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16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh,
than great treasure with trouble.
17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,
than a fattened calf with hatred.
Proverbs 17:5
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5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker.
He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 17:16
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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
since he has no understanding?
Proverbs 18:11
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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor plead for mercy,
but the rich answer harshly.
Proverbs 19:4
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4 Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:6-7
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6 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler,
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
7 All the relatives of the poor shun him:
how much more do his friends avoid him!
He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
Proverbs 22:2
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2 The rich and the poor have this in common:
Yahweh is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:7
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7 The rich rule over the poor.
The borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 23:4-5
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4 Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint.
5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Proverbs 27:7
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7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity,
than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
Proverbs 28:8
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8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest
gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
Proverbs 28:11
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11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes;
but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
Proverbs 28:20-22
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20 A faithful man is rich with blessings;
but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good;
yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
22 A stingy man hurries after riches,
and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
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