The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. | The Lord makes poor and rich; He humbles, He also exalts. |
The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it. | It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it. |
Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops. | Honor the Lord from your wealth, And from the first of all your produce. |
Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil. | Better is a little with the fear of the Lord Than great treasure, and turmoil with the treasure. |
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. | Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath, But righteousness rescues from death. |
Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord. | House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the Lord. |
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. | A rich person’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination. |
Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless. | One who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor one who loves abundance with its income. This too is futility. |
Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and 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. |
Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked; for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous. | Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked will be broken, But the Lord sustains the righteous. |
Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of 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. |
The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. | 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. |
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. | Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to set their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. |