The reward of humility and fear of the Lord is wealth, honor, and life. | The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. |
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops. | Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce. |
The blessing of the Lord is what brings wealth, and our toil adds nothing to it. | The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. |
Do not wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth, and cease even to think about it. | Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist. |
A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is a gift from the Lord. | House and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord. |
Wealth hastily acquired will dwindle away, but when amassed little by little, it will increase. | Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but those who gather little by little will increase it. |
The wealth of a rich man is his stronghold; he regards it as a high wall that cannot be scaled. | The wealth of the rich is their strong city; in their imagination it is like a high wall. |
It is better to have a little and fear the Lord than to possess immense wealth and suffer anguish. | Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it. |
One who is covetous will never be satisfied with money, nor will the lover of wealth be content with gain. This too is vanity. | The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity. |
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. | Riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might; and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all. |
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. | Likewise all to whom God gives wealth and possessions and whom he enables to enjoy them, and to accept their lot and find enjoyment in their toil—this is the gift of God. |
Preferable is the little that the righteous possess than the great wealth of the wicked. For the power of the wicked will be overcome, but the Lord protects the righteous. | Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous. |
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 is the slave of the lender. |
A wealthy man pays a ransom to save his life; a poor man never has to worry about such threats. | Wealth is a ransom for a person's life, but the poor get no threats. |