1. According to Proverbs 3:9-10 and 10:22, the Lord rewards the righteous with riches. Can one reverse that equation and say that riches are evidence of a person's righteousness? What other factors tend to make one wealthy according to the proverbs below? And which of these are condemned?
3:13,16
6:9-10
8:18
11:24-26
13:11
19:14
22:4
24:4
28:8
28:19
2. Looking at the following verses, what things can you learn about poor people and the state of poverty?
13:8
14:20
19:4,7
18:23
22:7
22:16
23:21
28:3
30:14
3. Find three verses that point out the foolishness of striving for riches.
4. How can a person be happy and rich according to the following verses?
3:9-10
10:22
14:21
22:4
24:4
5. Do these verses teach that wealth is the ideal economic state for life?
6. Name three devout believers in the Old Testament whom the Lord blessed with riches?
7. What provision did God make for the care of the poor?
Exodus 23:11
Leviticus 19:10
Matthew 19:21
8. What reason(s) can you give for the truth expressed in Deuteronomy 15:11 and Matthew 26:11?
9. What sin is denounced in the following verses?
Isaiah 3:14-15
Ezekiel 16:49
Amos 2:6
James 2:6
James 5:4
10. How are those sins played out in today's society?
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