| That is why you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, and they devote themselves to this service. | For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. |
| Riches will be of no avail on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. | Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath, But righteousness rescues from death. |
| The wealth of a rich man is his stronghold; he regards it as a high wall that cannot be scaled. | A rich person’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination. |
| I know how to live with little, and I know how to live with plenty. In any and all circumstances, I have learned the secret of being well fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. | I know how to get along with little, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. |
| If anyone is rich in worldly possessions and sees a brother in need but refuses to open his heart, how can the love of God abide in him? | But whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or sister in need, and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God remain in him? |
| Treasures obtained by wicked means profit nothing, but a righteous life brings delivery from death. | Ill-gotten gains do not benefit, But righteousness rescues from death. |
| Moreover, the one to whom God grants wealth and possessions and the ability to enjoy them and to find contentment in his toil receives a gift from God. | Furthermore, as for every person to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also given him the opportunity to enjoy them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God. |
| I rejoice in following your statutes more than I would rejoice in endless riches. | I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. |
| Wealth and honor are from you, you reign over all. In your hand are power and might; it to is in your hand make great and to give strength to all. | Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. |
| A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is a gift from the Lord. | House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the Lord. |
| The Lord makes poor and makes rich, he humbles and he also exalts. | The Lord makes poor and rich; He humbles, He also exalts. |
| Then Peter asked, “Ananias, why has Satan so gained control of your heart that you lied to the Holy Spirit and retained part of the sale price of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not belong to you? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds yours? What caused you to contrive this scheme? You have lied not to men but to God.” | But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.” |
| It is better to have little and be righteous than to acquire great riches with injustice. | Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice. |
| Dispose my heart to follow your statutes and to flee selfish gain. | Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain. |
| As sorrowful, and yet we are always rejoicing; as poor, and yet we make many rich; as having nothing, and yet we possess everything. | As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. |
| Thereupon the Lord restored the prosperity of Job after he had prayed for his friends, and he enriched him with twice as much as he had possessed before. | The Lord also restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased double all that Job had. |
| The future bodes well for him who is generous in helping those in need and who conducts his affairs with justice. | It goes well for a person who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment. |
| When riches increase, so do those who are eager to accumulate them, and those who have accumulated them must remain content simply to feast their eyes on them. | When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look at them? |
| The wicked man borrows but neglects to repay, whereas the righteous man is generous in giving. | The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and gives. |
| The wealthy man lords it over the poor, and the borrower becomes the slave of the lender. | The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave. |
| The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but worldly cares and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit. | And the one sown with seed among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. |
| The brother who is in modest circumstances should take pride in being raised up. Likewise, the one who is rich should glory in being brought low, for he will disappear like a flower of the field. | Now the brother or sister of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; but the rich person is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. |
| Do not make gods from silver or from gold instead of me. You will not make them for yourselves. | You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves. |
| A wealthy man pays a ransom to save his life; a poor man never has to worry about such threats. | The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke. |
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