Jonathan Crosby | September 14, 2009
The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
Proverbs 14:20 NIV
Money lies! Money corrupts! This proverb represents Solomon’s sad observation of human selfishness: men are friendly for what they can get from others. Even a poor man’s neighbors hate him, because he is of no use to them in getting [...]
Chris Riehl | September 10, 2009
What you gain by doing evil won’t help you at all, but being good can save you from death.
Proverbs 10:2 CEV
Getting rich from doing evil or wickedness will not profit or help you at all. Proverbs 10:2 directly warns us of putting our faith and concerns in treasures and wealth. Winning the lottery tomorrow will [...]
Jonathan Crosby | August 22, 2009
By humility and the fear of the Lord Are riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4 NKJV
Only the LORD can give so much wisdom with such great promises in fourteen words. Praise His glorious name! And thank Him for the opportunity of learning this secret of the living and true God. The world stumbles on in [...]
Chris Riehl | July 29, 2009
The good-hearted understand what it’s like to be poor;
the hardhearted haven’t the faintest idea.
Proverbs 29:7 MSG
Some of us now understand what it’s like to be poor thanks to the economic calapse. When times are good and we are in a strong economic cycle, most people focus on the people who are richer than they [...]
aDailyProverb | July 13, 2009
The rich can be sued for everything they have, but the poor are free of such threats.
Proverbs 13:8 MSG
I always laugh when I read this verse because at first glance I always think, well I am surely safe from losing it all. The fact though that most of us think of things when we hear [...]
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