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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(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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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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[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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Footnotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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