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Bible has a lot to say about practical issues of money and finances.
There are 2350 Scriptures related to the handling of finances! During
His ministry on earth, Jesus gave 38 parables … 16 of theses
parables deal with possessions and how to manage them. Money management
is an important theme in the Bible.
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Accounting
Daniel
6: 1-3
1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps,
to be over the whole kingdom; 2 and over these, three governors, of whom
Daniel was one, that the satraps might give account to them, so that
the king would suffer no loss. 3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself
above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him;
and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.
Matthew 18:23-35 (New King James Version)
23
Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to
settle accounts with his servants. 24 And when he had begun to settle
accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
25 But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold,
with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be
made. 26 The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, ‘Master,
have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’ 27 Then the master
of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave
him the debt.
28 “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants
who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him
by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’ 29 So his fellow
servant fell down at his feet[a] and begged him, saying, ‘Have
patience with me, and I will pay you all.’[b] 30 And he would not,
but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. 31 So
when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved,
and came and told their master all that had been done. 32 Then his master,
after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave
you all that debt because you begged me. 33 Should you not also have
had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’ 34
And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he
should pay all that was due to him.
35 “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from
his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”[c]
Matthew
25:14-30
14 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far
country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one,
to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them,
and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two
gained two more also. 18 But he who had received one went and dug in
the ground, and hid his lord’s money. 19 After a long time the
lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other
talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look,
I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 His lord said
to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful
over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into
the joy of your lord.’ 22 He also who had received two talents
came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I
have gained two more talents besides them.’ 23 His lord said to
him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful
over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into
the joy of your lord.’
24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord,
I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering
where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and
hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’
26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and
lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather
where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my
money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my
own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him
who has ten talents.
29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have
abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken
away. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Budgeting and Planning
Proverbs 22:3 (New King James Version)
3
A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are punished.
Proverbs
24:3-4 (New King James Version)
3
Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;
4 By knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 27:12 (New King James Version)
12 A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; The simple pass on
and are punished.
Proverbs
27:23-24 (New King James Version)
23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, And attend to your herds;
24 For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
Proverbs
16:9 (New King James Version)
9
A man’s heart plans his way,But the LORD directs his steps.
Proverbs
19:21 (New King James Version)
21 There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the LORD’s
counsel—that will stand.
Proverbs
27:18 (New King James Version)
18 Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit; So he who waits on
his master will be honored.
Luke
12:16-21 (New King James Version)
16
Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain
rich man yielded plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What
shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ 18 So he
said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater,
and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 And I will say
to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years;
take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.”’ 20 But God
said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of
you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich
toward God.”
Luke
14:28-30 (New King James Version)
28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first
and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— 29 lest,
after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who
see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and
was not able to finish’?
Luke
16:1-8 (New King James Version)
1 He also said to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man
who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man
was wasting his goods. 2 So he called him and said to him, ‘What
is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you
can no longer be steward.’
3 “Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do?
For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I
am ashamed to beg. 4 I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out
of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’
5 “So he called every one of his master’s debtors to him,
and said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6
And he said, ‘A hundred measures[a] of oil.’ So he said to
him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ 7
Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ So he
said, ‘A hundred measures[b] of wheat.’ And he said to him, ‘Take
your bill, and write eighty.’ 8 So the master commended the unjust
steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are
more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.
1
Corinthians 16:1-2
1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders
to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 2 On the first day of
the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may
prosper, that there be no collections when I come.
Giving
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Business Life
Attitudes
and Actions
Psalm
112:5 (New King James Version)
5 A good man deals graciously and lends;
He will guide his affairs with discretion.
Proverbs
6:6-11 (New King James Version)
6
Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,
7 Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler,
8 Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.
9 How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your
sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to
sleep—
11 So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like
an armed man.
Proverbs
10:4 (New King James Version)
4 He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent
makes rich.
Proverbs
12:11 (New King James Version)
11 He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows
frivolity is devoid of understanding.
Proverbs
12:24 (New King James Version)
24 The hand of the diligent will rule, But the lazy man will be put to
forced labor.
Proverbs
13:4 (New King James Version)
4
The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing;But the soul of the
diligent shall be made rich.
Proverbs
13:11 (New King James Version)
11 Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, But he who gathers
by labor will increase.
Proverbs
14:4 (New King James Version)
4
Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; But much increase comes by
the strength of an ox.
Proverbs
18:19 (New King James Version)
19 A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, And contentions
are like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs
21:5 (New King James Version)
5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone
who is hasty, surely to poverty.
Proverbs
21:17 (New King James Version)
17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; He who loves wine and oil
will not be rich.
Proverbs
24:30-31 (New King James Version)
30
I went by the field of the lazy man, And by the vineyard of the man
devoid of understanding;
31 And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered
with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.
Ecclesiastes
5:12 (New King James Version)
Whether he eats little or much; But the abundance of the rich will not
permit him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes
10:18 (New King James Version)
18 Because of laziness the building decays, And through idleness of hands
the house leaks.
Malachi
3:5 (New King James Version)
5
And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against
sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who
exploit wage earners and widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien— Because they do not fear
Me,” Says the LORD of hosts.
Luke
6:35a (New King James Version)
35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return;
and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High.
Romans
12:11 (New King James Version)
11
not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
Ephesians
4:28 (New King James Version)
28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working
with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who
has need.
2
Thessalonians 3:6 (New King James Version)
6 But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according
to the tradition which he[a] received from us.
2
Thessalonians 3:10-11 (New King James Version)
10
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will
not work, neither shall he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some
who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but
are busybodies.
Hebrews
6:12 (New King James Version)
12
that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith
and patience inherit the promises.
Honesty
vs. Unjust Gain
Deuteronomy
25:15 (New King James Version)
15
You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure,
that your days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD your God
is giving you.
Proverbs
11:1 (New King James Version)
1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight
is His delight.
Proverbs
16:8 (New King James Version)
8 Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice.
Proverbs
22:16 (New King James Version)
16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, And he who gives
to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
Proverbs
28:8 (New King James Version)
8
One who increases his possessions by usury and extortion Gathers it
for him who will pity the poor.
Jeremiah
22:13 (New King James Version)
13 “ Woe
to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by
injustice,
Whouses his neighbor’s service without wages And gives him nothing
for his work,
Luke
16:10 (New King James Version)
10
He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he
who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
Contentment
Joshua
7:7 (New King James Version)
7 And Joshua said, “Alas, Lord GOD, why have You brought this people
over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites,
to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side
of the Jordan!
Proverbs
30:7-9 (New King James Version).
7
Two things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die): 8 Remove
falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed
me with the food allotted to me; 9 Lest I be full and deny You, And
say, “Who is the LORD?” Or lest I be poor and steal, And
profane the name of my God.
Ecclesiastes
5:10 (New King James Version)
10 He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who
loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
Luke
3:14 (New King James Version)
14
Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?” So
he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely,
and be content with your wages.”
2
Corinthians 6:10 (New King James Version)
10
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich;
as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Philippians
4:11-12 (New King James Version)
11
Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever
state I am, to be content: 12 I know how to be abased, and I know how
to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full
and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
1
Timothy 6:6-10 (New King James Version)
6
Now godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing
into this world, and it is certain[a] we can carry nothing out. 8 And
having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. 9 But those
who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many
foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which
some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves
through with many sorrows.
Hebrews
13:5 (New King James Version)
5
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things
as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you
nor forsake you.”[a]
Cosigning Notes
Proverbs
6:1-5 (New King James Version)
1
My son, if you become surety for your friend, If you have shaken hands
in pledge for a stranger,
2 You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words
of your mouth.
3 So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; For you have come into the
hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself; Plead with your friend.
4 Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like
a bird from the hand of the fowler.[a]
Proverbs
11:15 (New King James Version)
15 He who is surety for a stranger will suffer, But one who hates being
surety is secure.
Proverbs
17:18 (New King James Version)
18 A man devoid of understanding shakes hands in a pledge, And becomes
surety for his friend.
Proverbs
20:16; Proverbs 27:13 (New King James Version)
16 Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger, And hold it
as a pledge when it is for a seductress.
Proverbs
22:26 (New King James Version)
26 Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge, One of those
who is surety for debts;
Debt, Credit & Borrowing
Deuteronomy
15:6 (New King James Version)
6
For the LORD your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall
lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over
many nations, but they shall not reign over you.
2
Kings 4:1 (New King James Version)
1 A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out
to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know
that your servant feared the LORD. And the creditor is coming to take
my two sons to be his slaves.”
Psalm
37:21 (New King James Version)
21 The wicked borrows and does not repay, But the righteous shows mercy
and gives.
Proverbs
3:27-28 (New King James Version)
27
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of your hand to do so.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,“ Go,
and come back,And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.
Proverbs
6:1-3
1 My son, if you become surety for your friend, If you have shaken hands
in pledge for a stranger, 2 You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth. 3 So do this, my son, and deliver
yourself; For you have come into the hand of your friend: Go and humble
yourself; Plead with your friend.
Proverbs
11:15 (New King James Version)
15 He who is surety for a stranger will suffer, But one who hates being
surety is secure.
Proverbs
17:18 (New King James Version)
18
A man devoid of understanding shakes hands in a pledge, And becomes
surety for his friend.
Proverbs
22:7 (New King James Version)
7
The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs
27:13 (New King James Version)
13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, And hold it
in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.
Matthew
5:25-26 (New King James Version)
25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him,
lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over
to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26 Assuredly, I say to
you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last
penny.
Luke
12:58-59 (New King James Version)
58
When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort
along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the
judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
59 I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the
very last mite.”
Romans
13:8 (New King James Version)
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another
has fulfilled the law.
Savings
Genesis
41:33-36 (New King James Version)
33 “Now
therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him
over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint
officers over the land, to collect one-fifth of the produce of the
land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years. 35 And let them gather
all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain
under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven
years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land
may not perish during the famine.”
Proverbs
6:6-8 (New King James Version)
6
Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,
7 Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler,
8 Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.
Proverbs
21:20 (New King James Version)
20
There is desirable treasure, And oil in the dwelling of the wise, But
a foolish man squanders it.
Proverbs
30:24-25 (New King James Version)
24
There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly
wise:
25 The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the
summer;
Discipline & diligence
Proverbs
21:5 (New King James Version)
5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone
who is hasty, surely to poverty.
2
Corinthians 8:11 (New King James Version)
11
but now you also must complete the doing of it; that as there was a
readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what
you have.
Hebrews
12:11 (New King James Version)
11
Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful;
nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness
to those who have been trained by it.
Gaining Facts and Knowledge
Proverbs
14:8-15 (New King James Version)
8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, But the folly of
fools is deceit.
9 Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is favor.
10 The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share
its joy.
11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, But the tent of the upright
will flourish.
12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of
death.
13 Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, And the end of mirth may be
grief.
14 The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, But a good
man will be satisfied from above.[a]
15 The simple believes every word, But the prudent considers well his
steps.
Proverbs
18:13 (New King James Version)
13 He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame
to him.
Proverbs
19:2 (New King James Version)
2 Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge, And he sins
who hastens with his feet.
Proverbs
27:23-24 (New King James Version)
23
Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, And attend to your herds;
24 For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
Luke
14:31-32 (New King James Version)
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit
down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet
him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the
other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions
of peace.
Inheritance & Estate Planning
Proverbs
13:22 (New King James Version)
22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs
17:2 (New King James Version)
2 A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, And will share
an inheritance among the brothers.
Proverbs
20:21 (New King James Version)
21 An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Will not be blessed
at the end.
Ecclesiastes
2:18-19 (New King James Version)
18
Then I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the
sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after
me. 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet
he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which
I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Ezekiel
46:16-18 (New King James Version)
16 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “If the prince gives a gift of
some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons;
it is their possession by inheritance. 17 But if he gives a gift of some
of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the
year of liberty, after which it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance
shall belong to his sons; it shall become theirs. 18 Moreover the prince
shall not take any of the people’s inheritance by evicting them
from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from
his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his
property.”’”
Luke
15:11-31 (New King James Version)
11 Then He said: “A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger
of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods
that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood. 13 And
not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed
to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.
14 But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land,
and he began to be in want. 15 Then he went and joined himself to a citizen
of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And
he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine
ate, and no one gave him anything.
17 “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my
father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish
with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father,
I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 and I am no longer worthy
to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’
20 “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still
a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell
on his neck and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father,
I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy
to be called your son.’
22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring[a] out the
best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on
his feet. 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat
and be merry; 24 for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was
lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.
25 “Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew
near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of
the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, ‘Your
brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your
father has killed the fatted calf.’
28 “But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father
came out and pleaded with him. 29 So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo,
these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment
at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make
merry with my friends. 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who
has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf
for him.’
31 “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and
all that I have is yours.
Investments
Proverbs
24:27 (New King James Version)
27
Prepare your outside work,Make it fit for yourself in the field;
And afterward build your house.
Matthew
25:14-30 (New King James Version)
14 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far
country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one,
to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them,
and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two
gained two more also. 18 But he who had received one went and dug in
the ground, and hid his lord’s money. 19 After a long time the
lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other
talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look,
I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 His lord said
to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful
over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into
the joy of your lord.’ 22 He also who had received two talents
came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I
have gained two more talents besides them.’ 23 His lord said to
him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful
over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into
the joy of your lord.’
24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord,
I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering
where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and
hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’
26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and
lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather
where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my
money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my
own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him
who has ten talents.
29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have
abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken
away. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
God's
Help & Provisions (See "God's
Faithfulness", "Prosperity is
For You")
Prudence (Wisdom)
Psalm
112:5 (New King James Version)
5 A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with
discretion.
Proverbs
8:12 (New King James Version)
12 “ I,
wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs
12:16, 23
16
A fool’s wrath is known at once, But a prudent man covers shame.
23 A
prudent man conceals knowledge, But the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
Proverbs
13:16 (New King James Version)
16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool lays open his folly.
Proverbs
14:8 (New King James Version)
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, But the folly of
fools is deceit.
15
The simple believes every word, But the prudent considers well his
steps.
18 The simple inherit folly, But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Proverbs
15:5 (New King James Version)
5
A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives
correction is prudent.
Proverbs
16:21 (New King James Version)
21 The wise in heart will be called prudent, And sweetness of the lips
increases learning.
Proverbs
18:15 (New King James Version)
15 The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise
seeks knowledge.
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