Proverbs 3:9-10
American Standard Version
9 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.
Proverbs 10:2-4
American Standard Version
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;
But righteousness delivereth from death.
3 Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish;
But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
4 He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand;
But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 10:15
American Standard Version
15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city:
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 10:22
American Standard Version
22 The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich;
And [a]he addeth no sorrow therewith.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:22 Or, toil addeth nothing thereto
Proverbs 11:4
American Standard Version
4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath;
But righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:25
American Standard Version
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat;
And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs 11:28
American Standard Version
28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall;
But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
Proverbs 13:7-8
American Standard Version
7 There is that [a]maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:
There is that [b]maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
8 The ransom of a man’s life is his riches;
But the poor heareth no [c]threatening.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:7 Or, feigneth
- Proverbs 13:7 Or, feigneth
- Proverbs 13:8 Or, rebuke
Proverbs 13:11
American Standard Version
11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
But he that gathereth [a]by labor shall have increase.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:11 Hebrew with the hand.
Proverbs 13:22
American Standard Version
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children;
And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
Proverbs 14:20
American Standard Version
20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor;
But the rich hath many friends.
Proverbs 14:24
American Standard Version
24 [a]The crown of the wise is their riches;
But the folly of fools is only folly.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:24 Or, Their riches is a crown unto the wise
Proverbs 15:6
American Standard Version
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure;
But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Proverbs 15:16-17
American Standard Version
16 Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah,
Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
17 Better is a [a]dinner of herbs, where love is,
Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:17 Or, portion
Proverbs 16:20
American Standard Version
20 He that [a]giveth heed unto the word shall find good;
And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:20 Or, handleth a matter wisely
Proverbs 18:11
American Standard Version
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And as a high wall in his own imagination.
Proverbs 19:4
American Standard Version
4 Wealth addeth many friends;
But [a]the poor is separated from his friend.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:4 Or, the friend of the poor separateth himself from him
Proverbs 20:21
American Standard Version
21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Proverbs 21:5-6
American Standard Version
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;
But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
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