Lexicon :: Strong's H1952 - hôn

You sell your people for nothing;

you make no profit from selling them.

Wealth and riches are in his house,

and his righteousness endures forever.

I rejoice in the way revealed by your decrees

as much as in all riches.

“We’ll find all kinds of valuable property

and fill our houses with plunder.

Honor the LORD with your possessions

and with the first produce of your entire harvest;

Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much;

he must give up all the wealth in his house.

“With me are riches and honor,

lasting wealth and righteousness.

The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;

the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,

but righteousness rescues from death.

A lazy hunter doesn’t roast his game,

but to a diligent person, his wealth is precious.

One person pretends to be rich but has nothing;

another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.

Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,

but whoever earns it through labor[fn] will multiply it.

The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;

in his imagination it is like a high wall.

Wealth attracts many friends,

but a poor person is separated from his friend.

A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,

but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

by knowledge the rooms are filled

with every precious and beautiful treasure.

Whoever increases his wealth through excessive interest

collects it for one who is kind to the poor.

A greedy one[fn] is in a hurry for wealth;

he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,

but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.

The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give! ”

Three things are never satisfied;

four never say, “Enough! ”:

A huge torrent cannot extinguish love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.

If a man were to give all his wealth[fn] for love,

it would be utterly scorned.

“ ‘Tarshish was your trading partner because of your abundant wealth of every kind. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.

“Damascus was also your trading partner because of your numerous products and your abundant wealth of every kind, trading in wine from Helbon and white wool.[fn]

“Your wealth, merchandise, and goods,

your sailors and captains,

those who repair your leaks,

those who barter for your goods,

and all the warriors on board,

with all the other people within you,

sink into the heart of the sea

on the day of your downfall.

“When your merchandise was unloaded from the seas,

you satisfied many peoples.

You enriched the kings of the earth

with your abundant wealth and goods.