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Honor the Lord with your substance
    and with the first fruits of all your produce;
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with wine.

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Honor Jehovah with thy substance,
And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

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Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
    but righteousness delivers from death.
The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
A slack hand causes poverty,
    but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;
But righteousness delivereth from death.
Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish;
But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand;
But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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15 A rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

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15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city:
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
    and he adds no sorrow with it.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 10:22 Or and toil adds nothing to it

22 The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich;
And [a]he addeth no sorrow therewith.

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  1. Proverbs 10:22 Or, toil addeth nothing thereto

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

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Riches profit not in the day of wrath;
But righteousness delivereth from death.

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25 A liberal man will be enriched,
    and one who waters will himself be watered.

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25 The liberal soul shall be made fat;
And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

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28 He who trusts in his riches will wither,[a]
    but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

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  1. Proverbs 11:28 Cn: Heb fall

28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall;
But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

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One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
    but a poor man has no means of redemption.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 13:8 Cn: Heb does not hear rebuke

There is that [a]maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:
There is that [b]maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
The ransom of a man’s life is his riches;
But the poor heareth no [c]threatening.

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  1. Proverbs 13:7 Or, feigneth
  2. Proverbs 13:7 Or, feigneth
  3. Proverbs 13:8 Or, rebuke

11 Wealth hastily gotten[a] will dwindle,
    but he who gathers little by little will increase it.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Gk Vg: Heb from vanity

11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
But he that gathereth [a]by labor shall have increase.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Hebrew with the hand.

22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
    but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.

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22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children;
And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

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20 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    but the rich has many friends.

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20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor;
But the rich hath many friends.

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24 The crown of the wise is their wisdom,[a]
    but folly is the garland[b] of fools.

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  1. Proverbs 14:24 Cn Compare Gk: Heb riches
  2. Proverbs 14:24 Cn: Heb folly

24 [a]The crown of the wise is their riches;
But the folly of fools is only folly.

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  1. Proverbs 14:24 Or, Their riches is a crown unto the wise