24 There is one who (A)scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.

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24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
    another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

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(A)Better is the one who is [a]slighted but has a servant,
Than he who honors himself but lacks bread.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:9 lightly esteemed

Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
    than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

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20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night (A)your soul will be required of you; (B)then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)

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21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, (A)and is not rich toward God.”

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21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”(A)

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