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Proverbs 3:9 - 3:10
9
Honor Yahweh from your wealth
And from the first of all your produce;
10 So your barns will be filled with plenty
And your vats will burst with new wine.
Proverbs 10:15
15
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 11:4
4
Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness will deliver from death.
Proverbs 11:28
28
He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.
Proverbs 13:8
8
The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.
Proverbs 14:20
20
The poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.
Proverbs 14:24
24
The crown of the wise is their riches,
But the folly of fools is folly.
Proverbs 15:16 - 15:17
16
Better is a little with the fear of Yahweh
Than great treasure and turmoil with it.
17 Better is a dish of vegetables where there is love
Than a fattened ox and hatred in it.
Proverbs 17:5
5
He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;
He who is glad at disaster will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 17:16
16
Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to acquire wisdom,
When he has no heart of wisdom?
Proverbs 18:11
11
A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own delusion.
Proverbs 18:23
23
The poor man speaks supplications,
But the rich man answers with strong words.
Proverbs 19:4
4
Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:6 - 19:7
6
Many will seek the favor of a noble man,
And everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his friends distance themselves from him!
He pursues them with words, but they are no more.
Proverbs 22:2
2
The rich and the poor meet together in this—
Yahweh is the Maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:7
7
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Proverbs 23:4 - 23:5
4
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
Because of your understanding, cease!
5 Do you make your eyes fly up to see it? But it is not there!
Because it certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
Proverbs 27:7
7
A satisfied soul tramples the honeycomb,
But to a hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 28:6
6
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked—double dealing—though he be rich.
Proverbs 28:8
8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the lowly.
Proverbs 28:11
11
The rich man is wise in his own eyes,
But the lowly who understands searches him.
Proverbs 28:20 - 28:22
20
A faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good,
Even for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
22 A man with an evil eye hurries after wealth
And does not know that want will come upon him.
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