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Honor the Lord with your substance
    and with the first fruits of all your produce;(A)
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with wine.

11 My child, do not despise the Lord’s discipline
    or be weary of his reproof,(B)
12 for the Lord reproves the one he loves,
    as a father the son in whom he delights.(C)

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Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(A) of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled(B) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(C)

11 My son,(D) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(E)
    and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(F)
    as a father the son he delights in.[a](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child