Proverbs Finance Nuggets

Proverbs Finance Nuggets

Proverbs Finance Nuggets

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.
1:19

Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the first fruits of all your increase; So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.
3:9-10

The blessing of the Lord brings wealth and he adds no trouble to it.
10:22

One man gives freely, yet gains even more, another withholds unduly but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper, he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
11:24-25

He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous will flourish like foliage.
11:28

Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, But he who gathers by labor will increase.
13:20

The cheerful heart has a continual feast. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure with trouble. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted calf with hatred.
15:15-17

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger
19:15

He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, And He will pay back what he has given.
19:17

The fear of the Lord leads to life, And he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil.
19:23

Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
20:13

He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. Humility and the fear of the Lord bring wealth and honor and life.
21:21 & 22:4

The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.
21:5

The desire of the lazy man kills him, For his hands refuse to labor. He covets greedily all day long, But the
righteous gives and does not spare.
21:25-26

He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor.
22:9

He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to
poverty.
22:16

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate; For the Lord will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
22:22-23

Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
23:4-5

Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way. Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat; For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags
23:19-21

A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest; So shall your poverty come like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.
24:33-34

Whoever falsely boasts of giving Is like clouds and wind without rain.
25:14

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.
He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will be prospered.
He who gives to the poor will not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.
28: 20, 22, 25, 27

…Give me neither poverty nor riches
30:8

Victory for the believer comes in knowing and choosing God’s truth.

“Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies, nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand, in her left hand are riches and honor.”
Proverbs 3:13 – 16