(A)Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 (B)So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.

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27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of your hand to do so.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,
When you have it with you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:27 Lit. its owners

24 There is one who (A)scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.
25 (B)The generous soul will be made rich,
(C)And he who waters will also be watered himself.

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26 He covets greedily all day long,
But the righteous (A)gives and does not spare.

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(A)He who has a [a]generous eye will be (B)blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit. good

Do not eat the bread of (A)a[a] miser,
Nor desire his delicacies;

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  1. Proverbs 23:6 Lit. one who has an evil eye

14 (A)Whoever falsely boasts of giving
Is like (B)clouds and wind without rain.

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21 (A)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 For so you will heap coals of fire on his head,
(B)And the Lord will reward you.

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27 (A)He who gives to the poor will not lack,
But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

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