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Riches V. Greed

Foundation
Proverbs 27:20
The thirst for more, where does it originate?

Proverbs 22:2
How should we look at the rich and the poor?

Proverbs 8:10-11
What is the first and most important pursuit?

Generosity Greed
Proverbs 11:24-26 Proverbs 11:6
How does a generous person What will “catch” the greedy?
benefit himself?

Proverbs 14:21+31 Proverbs 23:4-8

Who is hurt when we are not gen- Why is greed a waste of time?
erous? Why?

Proverbs 21:13 Proverbs 23:10-11

What happens to the ungenerous What does greed drive people to
person? do? What is the end result?

Proverbs 31:20 Proverbs 28:24-25

Why is the generosity part of the If someone is greedy long
Proverbs 31 Woman’s character? enough, what do they start to
think?

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Poverty
Keep It In Perspective: What Really Matters

Proverbs 15:16-17
What really matters?

Proverbs 19:1
What really matters?

Proverbs 19:22
What really matters?

Proverbs 28:6
What really matters?

Treatment of the Poor

Proverbs 17:5
Who is watching our treatment of the poor? Why?

Proverbs 29:7
What should we concern ourselves with?

Riches

Proverbs 3:9-10
What should we do with our supply? What will be the result?

Proverbs 11:4
What is the final destination of our possessions?

Proverbs 13:7-8
Why do people pretend?

On which side is it better to ere?

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Proverbs 18:10-11
Why do people depend on money? Is it really reliable?

Proverbs 22:7
What are you willing to trade to have what you cannot afford?

Proverbs 23:4-5
Is it wrong to want wealth?

What is the warning here?

A Concluding Prayer

Proverbs 30:7-9 (The Message)

And then he prayed, "God, I'm asking for two things
before I die; don't refuse me—
Banish lies from my lips
and liars from my presence.
Give me enough food to live on,
neither too much nor too little.
If I'm too full, I might get independent,
saying, 'God? Who needs him?'
If I'm poor, I might steal
and dishonor the name of my God."

Found-In-Translation

Introduction

Proverbs 27:20 (The Message)

Hell has a voracious appetite,
and lust just never quits.

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Proverbs 22:2 (Contemporary English Version)

The rich and the poor
are all created
by the LORD.

Proverbs 8:10-11 (English Standard Version)

Take my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than choice gold,
for wisdom is better than jewels,
and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.

Generosity

Proverbs 11:24-26 (New International Version)

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.
People curse the man who hoards grain,
but blessing crowns him who is willing to sell.

Proverbs 14:21+31 (The Message)

It's criminal to ignore a neighbor in need,
but compassion for the poor—what a blessing!
You insult your Maker when you exploit the powerless;
when you're kind to the poor, you honor God.

Proverbs 21:13 (New Living Translation)

Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor
will be ignored in their own time of need.

Proverbs 31:20 (Amplified Bible)

She opens her hand to the poor, yes, she reaches out her filled hands to
the needy

Greed

Proverbs 11:6+26 (New Century Version)

Doing right brings freedom to honest people,
but those who are not trustworthy will be caught by their own desires.
People curse those who keep all the grain,
but they bless the one who is willing to sell it.

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Proverbs 23:4-8 (New American Standard Bible)
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
Cease from your consideration of it.
When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, "Eat and drink!"
But his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten,
And waste your compliments.

Proverbs 23:10-11 (New International Version)

Do not move an ancient boundary stone
or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
for their Defender is strong;
he will take up their case against you.

Proverbs 28:24-25 (New Century Version)

Whoever robs father or mother
and says, "It's not wrong,"
is just like someone who destroys things.
A greedy person causes trouble,
but the one who trusts the Lord will succeed.

Poverty

Proverbs 15:16-17 (Amplified Bible)

Better is little with the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord than great
and rich treasure and trouble with it.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred
with it.

Proverbs 19:1 (King James Version)

Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity
Than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Proverbs 28:6 (New Living Translation)

It is better to be poor and honest than rich and crooked.

Proverbs 19:22 (Young’s Literal Translation)

The desireableness of a man is his kindness,
And better is the poor than a liar.
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Proverbs 17:5 (English Standard Version)

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker;
he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 29:7 (New American Standard)

The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor,
The wicked does not understand such concern.

Riches

Proverbs 3:9-10 (New Living Translation)

Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the best part of everything you produce.
Then he will fill your barns with grain,
and your vats will overflow with good wine.

Proverbs 11:4 (New American Standard Bible)

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 13:7-8 (New International Version)

One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;
another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
A man's riches may ransom his life,
but a poor man hears no threat.

Proverbs 18:10-11 (English Standard Version)

The name of the LORD is a strong tower;
The righteous man runs into it and is safe.
A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his imagination.

Proverbs 22:7 (New International Reader's Version)

Rich people rule over those who are poor.
Borrowers are slaves to lenders.

Proverbs 23:4-5 (New International Version)

Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
have the wisdom to show restraint.
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.

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