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Prov 29:3 A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but
a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Eccles 2:26 To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge
and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering
and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God.
This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Prov 17:20 A man of perverse heart does not prosper; he whose
tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
Prov 28:13 He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever
confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Jer 10:21 The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the
LORD; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.
Prov 28:22 A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that
poverty awaits him.
Jer 15:13 Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder,
without charge, because of all your sins throughout your country.
(Jer 17:3 also)
2 Chr 24:20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of
Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, "This
is what God says: `Why do you disobey the LORD's commands? You will
not prosper. Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken
you.'"
Hosea 4:6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because
you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because
you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
How do you get
wealth?
We've already seen that wealth comes from God. But there
are many principles that He blesses. Also see "Giving"
Prov 22:4 Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and
honor and life.
2 Chr 1:11 God said to Solomon, "Since this is your heart's
desire and you have not asked for wealth, riches or honor, nor for
the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long
life but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom
I have made you king, :12 therefore wisdom and knowledge will be
given you. And I will also give you wealth, riches and honor, such
as no king who was before you ever had and none after you will have."
(1Ki 3:11-13)
Ps 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of
the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of
mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his
law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams
of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not
wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Ps 112:1 Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,
who finds great delight in his commands. 2 His children will be
mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
3 Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures
forever.
Prov 3:9 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the first fruits
of all your crops; 10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Prov 3:16 Long life is in her (Wisdom) right hand; in her left
hand are riches and honor.
Prov 8:18 With me (Wisdom) are riches and honor, enduring wealth
and prosperity.
Prov 8:19 My fruit (Wisdom) is better than fine gold; what I
yield surpasses choice silver. 20 I walk in the way of righteousness,
along the paths of justice, 21 bestowing wealth on those who love
me and making their treasuries full.
Prov 10:4 Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring
wealth.
Prov 10:22 The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds
no trouble to it.
Eccles 2:26 To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge
and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering
and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God.
This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Eccles 9:11 I have seen something else under the sun: The race
is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come
to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.
Ezek 28:4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth
for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
Ezek 28:5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your
wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
Deut 5:33 Walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded
you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the
land that you will possess.
Deut 6:24 The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and
to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be
kept alive, as is the case today. *
Deut 29:9 Carefully follow the terms of this covenant, so that
you may prosper in everything you do.
1 King 2:3 and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk
in his ways, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements,
as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you
do and wherever you go,
Prov 11:25 A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others
will himself be refreshed.
Prov 16:20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed
is he who trusts in the LORD.
Prov 19:8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes
understanding prospers.
Prov 28:25 A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts
in the LORD will prosper.
Giving.
Many have the idea that Jesus taught poverty as a good thing.
Whole sects have been built on this philosophy. Below
we see the example of God wanting to be first in our life, only
to bless us more because of our sacrifice and giving - even 100
times as much as we've given up!
Matt 19:21 Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go,
sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure
in heaven. Then come, follow me." :22 When the young man heard
this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth. :23 Then
Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard
for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. :24 Again
I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." :25
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and
asked, "Who then can be saved?" :26 Jesus looked
at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God
all things are possible." :27 Peter answered him, "We
have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for
us?" :28 Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, at
the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious
throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel. :29 And everyone who
has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children
or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will
inherit eternal life.
Prov 11:24 One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another
withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
Eccles 11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days
you will find it again.
Matt 5:42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away
from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure,
pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into
your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
2 Cor 8:7 But just as you excel in everything-- in faith, in
speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for
us-- see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
2 Cor 9:7 Each man should give what he has decided in his
heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God
loves a cheerful giver.
2 Cor 8:2 Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy
and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.
Principle
of Repayment
Luke 14:12 Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a
luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or
relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you
back and so you will be repaid.
Matt 6:1 "Be careful not to do your `acts of righteousness'
before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward
from your Father in heaven. 2 "So when you give to the
needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in
the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell
you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 3
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what
your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret.
Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Luke 6:34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment,
what credit is that to you? Even `sinners' lend to `sinners,' expecting
to be repaid in full. :35 But love your enemies, do good to
them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then
your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High,
because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. :36 Be merciful,
just as your Father is merciful.
How does
God measure our giving?
Mark 12:41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings
were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple
treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But
a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth
only a fraction of a penny. 43 Calling his disciples to him,
Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put
more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave
out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything--
all she had to live on." (Luke 21:1-4)
2 Cor 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you
through his poverty might become rich. :10 And here is my advice
about what is best for you in this matter: Last year you were the
first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. :11
Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may
be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. :12
For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according
to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
Tithing is a New Testament
concept.
Matt 23:23 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees,
you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices-- mint, dill and
cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the
law-- justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced
the latter, without neglecting the former.
Mal 3:10 Bring the whole tithe (1/10th)
into the storehouse, that there
may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty,
"and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven
and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough
for it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops,
and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says
the LORD Almighty. 12 "Then all the nations will call
you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the
LORD Almighty.
What will
riches do for you?
Prov 13:8 A man's riches may ransom his life, but a poor man
hears no threat.
Prov 14:20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but
the rich have many friends.
Prov 14:24 The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly
of fools yields folly.
Prov 19:4 Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man's friend
deserts him.
Prov 22:7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant
to the lender.
Ezek 27:12 "`Tarshish did business with you because of your
great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead
for your merchandise.
Ezek 27:18 "`Damascus, because of your many products and
great wealth of goods, did business with you in wine from Helbon
and wool from Zahar.
Ps 49:18 Though while he lived he counted himself blessed-- and
men praise you when you prosper--
Prov 11:10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when
the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
What do I
do (and not do) when I get it?
Deut 8:17 You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength
of my hands have produced this wealth for me." :18
But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability
to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore
to your forefathers, as it is today.
Prov 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's
children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
Jer 9:23 This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man
boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the
rich man boast of his riches,
Ezek 28:4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth
for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. :5
By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and
because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
Luke 16:9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for
yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal
dwellings.
1 Tim 6:17 Command those who are rich in this present world not
to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain,
but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything
for our enjoyment. :18 Command them to do good, to be rich
in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.
Wealth does
not give you a better position with God (maybe less).
Job 34:19 (God) who shows no partiality to princes and does not
favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?
Prov 22:2 Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the
Maker of them all.
Eccles 10:6 Fools are put in many high positions, while the rich
occupy the low ones.
Luke 1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent
the rich away empty.
James 1:10 But the one who is rich should take pride in his low
position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. :11
For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its
blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the
rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.
James 2:5 Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those
who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to
inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? :6 But
you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting
you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
What's better
than wealth?
Matt 16:26 What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole
world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange
for his soul?
Ps 37:16 Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth
of many wicked;
Prov 23:23 Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline
and understanding.
Prov 3:13 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. Her
ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is
a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold
of her will be blessed.
Prov 8:10 Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge
rather than choice gold, for wisdom is more precious than rubies,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.
Ps 49:20 A man who has riches without understanding is like the
beasts that perish.
Ps 62:10 Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods;
though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
Prov 11:4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness
delivers from death.
Prov 15:16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great
wealth with turmoil.
Prov 22:1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; to
be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
Prov 28:6 Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich
man whose ways are perverse.
Eccles 4:8 There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor
brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content
with his wealth. "For whom am I toiling," he asked, "and
why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?" This too is
meaningless-- a miserable business!
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