Proverbs: Economics
Proverbs 29:13
The Dangers of Wealth
Proverbs 11:26 – One’s social currency can suffer through the unethical hoarding of wealth
Proverbs 12:9 – Status is not as important as stability
Proverbs 21:17 – Overindulgence in luxury will be economically counterproductive
Proverbs 23:4-5 – Being rich is not a wise life goal, in and of itself.
Proverbs 28:22 – A rich person may neglect that wealth is not equivalent to true wisdom
Proverbs 13:8 – Wealth invites extortion
Proverbs 20:14
Proverbs 28:20 – There is a version of the pursuit of financial gain that sacrifices the virtue of being a faithful person
Proverbs 10:2
Proverbs 11:1
Proverbs 20:10
Proverbs 21:6
Proverbs 22:22-23, Proverbs 23:10-11 – God’s gonna get you Himself if you cheat legally unrepresented people
Proverbs 17:5
Proverbs 21:13
Proverbs 28:8,27
Proverbs 19:17, Proverbs 22:9
The Dangers of Poverty
Proverbs 10:15 – Poverty is, in a sense, personally damaging
Proverbs 14:20-21 – People can respond to poverty with hatred
Proverbs 22:16 – Two paths to poverty
Proverbs 28:3 – Poverty and a sense of entitlement over others are not a recipe for good leadership
Proverbs 10:4-5
Proverbs 19:15
Proverbs 20:13
Proverbs 21:5
Proverbs 24:30-34
Proverbs 26:13-16
Proverbs 28:19
Proverbs 14:23
Proverbs 21:5
Proverbs 18:9
Proverbs 11:24 – Ethics are economically consequential, but not like people might think
Proverbs 13:7 – People aren’t always what they seem, economically speaking
Proverbs 13:23 – A lack of justice can be a waste of resources
Proverbs 15:16 –
Proverbs 22:4
Proverbs 19:1
Proverbs 22:7 – Abuse is generally found where there are economic differences
Proverbs 29:7
Proverbs 11:15, 17:18, 20:16, 22:26-27, 27:13 – Don’t be financially responsible for someone over whom you have no responsibility
Proverbs 11:28 – Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs 27:24 – James 1:12
Proverbs 11:4-11