⁹ Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with the best part of everything you produce.
¹⁰ Then he will fill your barns with grain,
    and your vats will overflow with good wine.

¹² “I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment.
    I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.
¹³ All who fear the Lord will hate evil.
    Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,
    corruption and perverse speech.
¹⁴ Common sense and success belong to me.
    Insight and strength are mine.
¹⁵ Because of me, kings reign,
    and rulers make just decrees.
¹⁶ Rulers lead with my help,
    and nobles make righteous judgments.^[a]

¹⁷ “I love all who love me.
    Those who search will surely find me.
¹⁸ I have riches and honor,
    as well as enduring wealth and justice.
¹⁹ My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold,
    my wages better than sterling silver!
²⁰ I walk in righteousness,
    in paths of justice.
²¹ Those who love me inherit wealth.
    I will fill their treasuries.

⁴ Lazy people are soon poor;
    hard workers get rich.

²⁴ Give freely and become more wealthy;
    be stingy and lose everything.

²⁵ The generous will prosper;
    those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

²⁸ Trust in your money and down you go!
    But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.

¹¹ A hard worker has plenty of food,
    but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.

¹⁴ Wise words bring many benefits,
    and hard work brings rewards.

²⁷ Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch,
    but the diligent make use of everything they find.

⁴ Lazy people want much but get little,
    but those who work hard will prosper.

¹¹ Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears;
    wealth from hard work grows over time.