KJV:
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
NASB:
He who loves pleasure will become a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
KJV:
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
NASB:
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it.
KJV:
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
NASB:
A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.
KJV:
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
NASB:
'Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.
KJV:
When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
NASB:
'When your wares went out from the seas, You satisfied many peoples; With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise You enriched the kings of earth.
KJV:
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
NASB:
"And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece.
KJV:
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
NASB:
And Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors they will find in me No iniquity, which would be sin."
KJV:
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
NASB:
"Those who buy them slay them and go unpunished, and each of those who sell them says, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I have become rich!' And their own shepherds have no pity on them.