Money Lessons from the Bible
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My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger, you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth. So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion— and give your neighbor no rest! Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
-Proverbs 6:1-4
The simple answer whenever anyone asks me to be a cosigner is always and will always be NO
The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”
-Proverbs 22:14
There will always be a risk. But that should not be why you never do things you know you need to do. For example, you cannot choose not to invest just because there's a possibility you might lose money. You are already losing money.
Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
-Proverbs 22:29
Be good at your work whatever that work might be.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
-Proverbs 23:4-5
Money ain't the be-all end-all. Work hard yes. But live life. Enjoy life.
Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path: Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
-Proverbs 23:19-21
Be careful who you're surrounding yourself with.
I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
-Proverbs 24:30-34
Two questions I'm asking myself:
Can I maintain all the things I'm adding to my life?
When is it good to rest and when am I just being lazy?
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
-Proverbs 22:7
A reality we hate to admit. But we all know it is very true.
Which one stands out to you? Share your thoughts.
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