| Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. | Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath, But righteousness rescues from death. |
| The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination. | A rich person’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination. |
| Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the 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. |
| But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain 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? |
| I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be 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. |
| Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death. | Ill-gotten gains do not benefit, But righteousness rescues from death. |
| I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. | I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. |
| Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all! In your hand is power and might! It is in your hand to 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. |
| Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” | Jesus said to him, “If you want to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” |
| House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh. | House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the Lord. |
| Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. | The Lord makes poor and rich; He humbles, He also exalts. |
| But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land? While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied 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.” |
| Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice. | Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice. |
| Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. | Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain. |
| As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. | As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. |
| Yahweh restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. | The Lord also restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased double all that Job had. |
| It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment. | It goes well for a person who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment. |
| When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes? | When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look at them? |
| The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously. | The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and gives. |
| The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. | The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave. |
| What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes 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. |
| The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats. | The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke. |
| Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away. | 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. |
| You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me. | You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves. |
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