Posts Tagged ‘wealth’
Proverbs 13:18 The richness of listening
Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. Proverbs13:18NIV Not having or having. The attitude of poverty or honor (our substance) begins in my heart and lodges there. One of the foundational messages in Proverbs is encouraging the reader to have a heart that listens. Being teachable. When am…
Read MoreProverbs 13:11 The intersection of money and work
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, But the one who gathers by labor increases it. Proverbs 13:11 Fraud, from a Hebrew root meaning vapor, breath, emptiness, vanity. The NIV translates, “Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.” And Rotherham, “Wealth gotten by greed diminishes, but he that gathers by…
Read MoreProverbs 13:8 A Kingdom Mindset
The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke. Proverbs 13:8 NASB Ransom is a beautiful word. It is the same word used of “pitch” in Genesis when God instructed Noah how to seal up the ark. It kept out the flood and was a protection, or in Noah’s…
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