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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 from your wealth,
And from the (B)first of all your produce;
10 Then your (C)barns will be filled with plenty,
And your (D)vats will overflow with new wine.

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Treasures of wickedness do not profit,
    but righteousness delivers from death.
Yahweh will not cause a righteous person[a] to go hungry,
    but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.
A slack hand causes poverty,
    but the hand of the diligent enriches.

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  1. Proverbs 10:3 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

[a](A)Ill-gotten gains do not benefit,
But righteousness rescues from death.
The Lord (B)will not allow the [b]righteous to hunger,
But He (C)will [c]reject the craving of the wicked.
Poor is one who works with [d]a lazy hand,
But the (D)hand of the diligent makes rich.

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  1. Proverbs 10:2 Lit Treasures of wickedness
  2. Proverbs 10:3 Lit soul of the righteous
  3. Proverbs 10:3 Lit thrust away
  4. Proverbs 10:4 Lit an idle hand

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 person’s wealth is his [a]fortress,
The (B)ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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  1. Proverbs 10:15 Lit strong city

22 The blessing of Yahweh makes one rich,
    and he does not increase sorrow with it.

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22 It is the (A)blessing of the Lord that makes rich,
And He adds no sorrow to it.

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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 benefit on the day of wrath,
But (B)righteousness rescues from death.

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25 A person of blessing will be enriched,
    and he who gives water also will be refreshed.

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25 A [a](A)generous person will be [b]prosperous,
And one who (B)gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.

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  1. Proverbs 11:25 Lit soul of blessing
  2. Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat

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 One who (A)trusts in his riches will fall,
But (B)the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

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There is one who acts rich but has nothing;[a]
    another who pretends to be poor but has wealth.
The ransom of the life of a man is his wealth,
    but the poor does not receive a threat.

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  1. Proverbs 13:7 Literally “there is no”

There is one who (A)pretends to be rich but has nothing;
Another pretends to be (B)poor, but has great wealth.
The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.

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11 Wealth gained from haste[a] will dwindle,
    but he who gathers little by little[b] will increase it.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or “vanity”
  2. Proverbs 13:11 Literally “upon the hand”

11 Wealth obtained from [a]nothing dwindles,
But one who gathers [b]by labor increases it.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Prob. referring to fraud
  2. Proverbs 13:11 Lit by hand

22 He who is good will leave an inheritance to his grandchildren,[a]
    and stored up for the righteous is the wealth of a sinner.

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  1. Proverbs 13:22 Literally “sons of sons”

22 A good person (A)leaves an inheritance to his [a]grandchildren,
And the (B)wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

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  1. Proverbs 13:22 Lit sons’ sons

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

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20 The (A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

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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 (A)crown of the wise is their riches,
But the foolishness of fools is simply foolishness.

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