The Septuagint has the additional proverb: “God blesses a cheerful and liberal man, but a man will fully prove the vanity of his works.” The first part of this is the source of the quotation in 2 Cor. 9:7.

The Septuagint has the additional proverb: “God blesses a cheerful and liberal man, but a man will fully prove the vanity of his works.” The first part of this is the source of the quotation in 2 Cor. 9:7.
Or, thirty sayings, perhaps referring to thirty proverbs, from Prov. 22:22 through Prov. 24:22.