Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(A) of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled(B) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(C)

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Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;(A)
10 then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.(B)

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Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,(A)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(B)

The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,(C)
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.(D)

Lazy hands make for poverty,(E)
    but diligent hands bring wealth.(F)

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Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.(A)

The Lord will not let the righteous go hungry,(B)
but He denies the wicked what they crave.(C)

Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.(D)

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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(B)

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

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22 The blessing of the Lord(A) brings wealth,(B)
    without painful toil for it.(C)

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22 The Lord’s blessing enriches,(A)
and struggle adds nothing to it.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:22 Or and He adds no trouble to it

Wealth(A) is worthless in the day of wrath,(B)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(C)

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Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.(A)

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25 A generous(A) person will prosper;
    whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.(B)

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25 A generous person will be enriched,(A)
and the one who gives a drink of water
will receive water.(B)

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28 Those who trust in their riches will fall,(A)
    but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.(B)

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28 Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,(A)
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.(B)

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One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;(A)
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.(B)

A person’s riches may ransom their life,
    but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.(C)

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One man pretends to be rich but has nothing;(A)
another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.(B)

Riches are a ransom for a man’s life,(C)
but a poor man hears no threat.

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11 Dishonest money dwindles away,(A)
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

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11 Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,(A)
but whoever earns it through labor[a] will multiply it.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:11 Lit whoever gathers upon [his] hand

22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
    but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his[a] grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 13:22 Or inheritance: his

20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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20 A poor man is hated even by his neighbor,(A)
but there are many who love the rich.(B)

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24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
    but the folly of fools yields folly.(A)

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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
but the foolishness of fools produces foolishness.

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