It seems like there is a “Dummies” book for every topic these days. So why not one for our next message series here at Grace Church? As our country continues through its economic woes, it would do us good to go back to the Bible and see what God says about money and finances. And what better book of the Bible to look at for wisdom than the book of Proverbs? Beginning this Sunday we will take three weeks to look at what the book of Proverbs says about money and finances in a series we are calling “Dollars for Dummies”! Below are some of the nuggets from Proverbs that we will look at this week:
Take my instruction and not silver, and knowledge rather than choicest gold. For wisdom is better than jewels; and all desirable things cannot compare with her
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and turmoil with it
Better is a little with righteousness than great income with injustice
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool
A good name is to be more desired than riches, favor is better than silver and gold
A faithful man will abound with blessings but he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished
Better is a dish of vegetables where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it
An excellent wife, who can find? He worth is far above jewels
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath but righteousness delivers from death
When you set your eyes on it (wealth), it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens
For riches are not forever nor does a crown endure to all generations
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like the green leaf
Poor is he who works with a negligent hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich
He who tills his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows empty pursuits will have poverty in plenty
It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich, and He adds no sorrow to it
Take my instruction and not silver, and knowledge rather than choicest gold. For wisdom is better than jewels; and all desirable things cannot compare with her
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and turmoil with it
Better is a little with righteousness than great income with injustice
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool
A good name is to be more desired than riches, favor is better than silver and gold
A faithful man will abound with blessings but he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished
Better is a dish of vegetables where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it
An excellent wife, who can find? He worth is far above jewels
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath but righteousness delivers from death
When you set your eyes on it (wealth), it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens
For riches are not forever nor does a crown endure to all generations
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like the green leaf
Poor is he who works with a negligent hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich
He who tills his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows empty pursuits will have poverty in plenty
It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich, and He adds no sorrow to it
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