Being Successful Wisdom Regarding Money The Subject of Wealth

Being Successful

Wisdom Regarding Money

The Subject of Wealth

Money, Money, Money in a rich man’s world is the way the song goes

Mamma Mia sings of her poverty and the dreams of being rich

She dreams of marrying a rich man and winning in Las Vegas

And all the things she could do if she had a little money 

We all have ideas about money

While some think money provides the ultimate security

Others think it is a virtue to be poor

So what does God have to say about MONEY?

Wisdom Regarding Money

The Subject of Wealth

Money, Money, Money in a rich

man’s world is the way the song goes.

Mamma Mia sings of her poverty

and the dreams of being rich.

She dreams of marrying a rich

man and winning in Las Vegas.

And all the things she could

do if she had a little money.

 

We all have ideas about money.

While some think money

provides the ultimate security.

Others think it is a virtue to be poor.

The Bible has a lot to say about money.

It addresses earning and

spending, saving and giving.

It also warns about wasting our money.

The Book of Proverbs addresses

issues relating to money such as…

Wealth and Poverty

Generosity and Greed

Regarding Wealth does have advantages.

Gives a degree of security

Proverbs 10:15; 18:11

Companionship of friends

 Proverbs 14:20; 19:4, 6-7

Power and influence

Proverbs 22:7

The ability to speak more freely

Proverbs 18:23

Wealth does not provide everything.

Does not deliver from death

Proverbs 11:4

Trusting in your wealth will cause you to fall

Proverbs 11:28

Acquiring wealth…

Must be gained honestly and grows little by little

Proverbs 13:11

The values of money is better leaned

by labor than an inheritance

Proverbs 20:21

Best gained gradually and not by being stingy

Proverbs 28:20, 22

Fraud, haste, exorbitant interest

lead to temporary and bitter gain

Proverbs 20:17: 21:5,6:28:8

Keep wealth in prospective.

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich.

Riches easily disappear

Proverbs 23:4, 5

Wealth can be a blessing but without

wisdom it can easily become a curse.

How we gain wealth is very important.

If our wealth grows as our wisdom grows we

will be more likely to enjoy and manage it.

With money comes responsibility.

 Money is a tool, it has to be properly

put to work to have any value.

In the Book of Proverbs,

Righteousness is contrasted with Wealth.

In other words, there is a right way

to gain wealth and a wrong way.

The path to true riches will come

through wisdom and righteousness.

Scripture Reading

Proverbs 10:15

15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,

but poverty is the ruin of the poor. NIV

Proverbs 18:11

11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;

they imagine it an unscalable wall. NIV

Proverbs 14:20

20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,

but the rich have many friends. NIV

Proverbs 19:4

4 Wealth brings many friends,

but a poor man's friend deserts him. NIV

Proverbs 19:6-7

6 Many curry favor with a ruler,

and everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.

7 A poor man is shunned by all his relatives —

how much more do his friends avoid him!

Though he pursues them with pleading,

they are nowhere to be found.   NIV

Proverbs 22:7

7 The rich rule over the poor,

and the borrower is servant to the lender. NIV

Proverbs 18:23

23 A poor man pleads for mercy,

but a rich man answers harshly. NIV

Proverbs 10:2

2 Ill-gotten treasures are of no value,

but righteousness delivers from death. NIV

Proverbs 11:4

4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,

but righteousness delivers from death. NIV

Proverbs 11:28

28 Whoever trusts in his riches will fall,

but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf. NIV

Proverbs 20:21

21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning

will not be blessed at the end. NIV

Proverbs 28:20

20 A faithful man will be richly blessed,

but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished. NIV

Proverbs 28:22

22 A stingy man is eager to get rich

and is unaware that poverty awaits him. NIV

Proverbs 20:17

17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man,

but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel. NIV

Proverbs 28:8

8 He who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest

amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor. NIV