Show Notes | Mysite 1

“As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand. This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind?

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭5:15-16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/ecc.5.15-16.esv

Where will you leave your wealth on the day of punishment

What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth? Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 10:3‭-‬4 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/isa.10.3-4.ESV

All shall be empty handed on Judgement Day

“And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the slave, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor. The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered; for the Lord has spoken this word.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭24:2-3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.24.2-3.esv

The wise and the stupid alike die and leave their wealth

Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me, those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches? Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice, that he should live on forever and never see the pit. For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others. Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.

Psalms 49:5‭-‬11 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.49.5-11.ESV

When the rich man dies he will carry nothing with him

Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases. For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him. For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed —and though you get praise when you do well for yourself— his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light. Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

Psalms 49:16‭-‬20 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.49.16-20.ESV

Money Can't Save You From Judgement

Wealth will not remain on the day of judgement

“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! Your doom has come; the rod has blossomed; pride has budded. Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them. The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude. For the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.

Ezekiel 7:10‭-‬13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.7.10-13.ESV

Silver and gold will not deliver from wrath

They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing. Their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord . They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For it was the stumbling block of their iniquity. His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore I make it an unclean thing to them. And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for prey, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and they shall profane it. I will turn my face from them, and they shall profane my treasured place. Robbers shall enter and profane it.

Ezekiel 7:19‭-‬22 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.7.19-22.ESV

Silver and gold will not deliver on the day of wrath

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the Lord . In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Zephaniah 1:18 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/zep.1.18.ESV

Everyone, rich and poor, slave and free, cowers in the face of judgement

Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”

Revelation 6:15‭-‬17 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/rev.6.15-17.ESV

Money Can't Buy Anything Spiritual

Ex: Simon tries to buy power with money

“Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, saying, "Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity."”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭8:18-23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/act.8.18-23.esv

Money is Vanity

Money is vanity

"I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, the delight of the sons of man. Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun."

Ecclesiastes 2:8‭, ‬11 ESV (ref 1-11)

https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.2.8-11.ESV

Money will not satisfy

“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.”

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭5:10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/ecc.5.10.esv

At the destruction of Jerusalem, gold becomes useless

"How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street. The precious sons of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pots, the work of a potter’s hands!"

Lamentations 4:1‭-‬2 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/lam.4.1-2.ESV

Man heaps up wealth for nothing

Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

Psalms 39:6 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.39.6.ESV

Like a flower, the rich man will fade away

“Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.”

‭‭James‬ ‭1:9-11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/jas.1.9-11.esv

You say "I am rich" but are wretched

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.

Revelation 3:17‭-‬18 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/rev.3.17-18.ESV

Money is an Idol

Cast away idols, turn to God

“Turn to him from whom people have deeply revolted, O children of Israel. For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭31:6-7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.31.6-7.esv

Idols do not move or answer or save

“"To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike? Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship! They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭46:5-7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.46.5-7.esv

Ex: Israel makes offerings to idols for prosperity, God gives desolation in return

But we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster. But since we left off making offerings to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine." The Lord could no longer bear your evil deeds and the abominations that you committed. Therefore your land has become a desolation and a waste and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day. It is because you made offerings and because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey the voice of the Lord or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies that this disaster has happened to you, as at this day."

Jeremiah 44:17‭-‬18‭, ‬22‭-‬23 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.44.17-23.ESV

The wicked traitor worships what makes him money

Therefore he (the wicked traitor, ref 1:13) sacrifices to his net and makes offerings to his dragnet; for by them he lives in luxury, and his food is rich.

Habakkuk 1:16 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/hab.1.16.ESV

Idols of gold do not speak, hear, or breathe

“The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see; they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths. Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭135:15-18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/psa.135.15-18.esv

Idols cannot see or hear or walk

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,

Revelation 9:20 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/rev.9.20.ESV

Avoid the Love of Money

Trusting in riches leads to destruction

The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying, "See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"

Psalms 52:6‭-‬7 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.52.6-7.ESV

Set not your heart on riches

Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Psalms 62:10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.62.10.ESV

Do not lay up treasures on earth but in heaven, where treasure is heart is also

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:19-21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.6.19-21.esv

Cannot serve two masters

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.6.24.esv

Life does not consist in the abundance of ones possessions

“And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭12:15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.12.15.esv

Do not lay up treasures on earth but in heaven, where treasure is heart is also

“Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you. "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭12:31-34‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.12.31-34.esv

Renounce all you have

“So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭14:33‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.14.33.esv

Cannot serve two masters

“No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭16:13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.16.13.esv

Love of money is the root of all evil

"But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs."

1 Timothy 6:9-‬10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ti.6.9-10.ESV

Do not set hopes on riches but on God

"As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life."

1 Timothy 6:17‭-‬19 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ti.6.17-19.ESV

Avoid Excess

King's shall not acquire excess

"you may indeed set a king over you whom the Lord your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, 'You shall never return that way again.' And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold."

Deuteronomy 17:15‭-‬17 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.17.15-17.ESV

Wealth becomes a man's ransom

“The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13:8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.13.8.esv

Harder for a rich man to enter heaven than a camel to go through the eye of a needle

“Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19:21-26‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.19.21-26.esv

Harder for a rich man to enter heaven than a camel to go through the eye of a needle

“And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God."”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭10:21-27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mrk.10.21-27.esv

Blessed are the poor, their reward is great in heaven, but woe to the rich

“And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. "Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. "Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets. "But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. "Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. "Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭6:20-26‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.6.20-26.esv

Harder for a rich man to enter heaven than a camel to go through the eye of a needle

“When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, "How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭18:22-27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.18.22-27.esv

Avoid Greed

Everyone is greedy

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 8:10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.8.10.ESV

Greed takes away life

Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭1:19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.1.19.esv

Greed troubles a household

Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭15:27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.15.27.esv

Greedy man stirs up strife

“A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭28:25‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.28.25.esv

Deceitfulness of riches choke the word

“As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭13:22‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.13.22.esv

Desire for things choke the word

“And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭4:18-19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mrk.4.18-19.esv

Riches choke out the word

“And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭8:14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.8.14.esv

Deacons must not be greedy

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.

1 Timothy 3:8 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ti.3.8.ESV

Greed causes quarrels, fights, and murder

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

James 4:1‭-‬2 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jas.4.1-2.ESV

Conclusion

"Only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." (Matthew 19:23-24)

Because "the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils" (1 Timothy 6:10)

Because "the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.” (Mark‬ ‭4:18-19)

Because "no servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money" (Luke 16:13)

So love of money makes money your master which chokes out truth and leads to evil making it impossible to enter the kingdom of heaven.

So "If riches increase, set not your heart on them" (Psalms 62:10)

And "do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew‬ ‭6:19-21‬)

Finally, "as for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life" (1 Timothy 6:17‭-‬19)

MM103 - 10 Things More Valuable Than Money (Part 1)

1. Righteousness

Ex: Joseph's brothers return excess money

“Take double the money with you. Carry back with you the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭43:12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.43.12.esv

Return what was stolen

“if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore what he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭6:4-5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.6.4-5.esv

If man is righteous with regard to money, he will live, if he is unrighteous, he will die

“If a man is righteous and does what is just and right— does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment, does not lend at interest or take any profit, withholds his hand from injustice, executes true justice between man and man, walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord God . “If he fathers a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, who does any of these things oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination, lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.

Ezekiel 18:5‭, ‬7‭-‬10‭, ‬12‭-‬13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.18.5-13.ESV

Woe to those who are rich but not grieved over sin

"Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall, who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David invent for themselves instruments of music, who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!

Amos 6:4‭-‬6 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/amo.6.4-6.ESV

Little with righteousness is better than abundance and wickedness

Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Psalms 37:16‭-‬17 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.37.16-17.ESV

The wicked are destroyed despite their riches

Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches... Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!

Psalms 73:12‭, ‬18‭-‬19 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.73.12-19.ESV

Righteousness delivers from death

“Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭10:2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.10.2.esv

Wage of the righteous leads to life

The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 10:16 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.10.16.ESV

Tongue of the righteous is choice silver

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

Proverbs 10:20 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.10.20.ESV

Righteousness delivers from death

“Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭11:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.11.4.esv

When the wicked dies, the expectation of wealth dies

When the wicked dies, his hope will perish, and the expectation of wealth perishes too.

Proverbs 11:7 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.11.7.ESV

The righteous will flourish

“Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭11:28‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.11.28.esv

Better is little with righteousness

“Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.16.8.esv

Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.6.33.esv

Woe to the Pharisees who neglect justice

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭11:42‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.11.42.esv

2. Integrity

Integrity is better then crooked speech

“Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:1‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.19.1.esv

Poor man is better than a liar

“What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:22‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.19.22.esv

Gaining by lying is a snare of death

“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭21:6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.21.6.esv

Integrity is better than crookedness

“Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭28:6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.28.6.esv

Ex: Ananias lied about money, died

“But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God." When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭5:1-5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/act.5.1-5.esv

3. Humility

Better to be humble and poor than proud and rich

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.16.19.ESV

Wisdom brings wealth but pride brings defilement

by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries; by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth— therefore thus says the Lord God : Because you make your heart like the heart of a god, therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.

Ezekiel 28:4‭-‬7 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.28.4-7.ESV

4. Wisdom

Ex: Solomon asks for wisdom

Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?" It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. And God said to him, "Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."

1 Kings 3:9‭-‬14 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ki.3.9-14.ESV

Ex: Solomon asks for wisdom

Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?" God answered Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked for long life, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king, wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like."

2 Chronicles 1:10‭-‬12 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ch.1.10-12.ESV

Wisdom is good

Wisdom is good with an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun. For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Ecclesiastes 7:11‭-‬12 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.7.11-12.ESV

Wisdom > silver, gold, jewels

“Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3:13-15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.3.13-15.esv

Wisdom > silver, gold, jewels

“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.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭8:10-11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.8.10-11.esv

Wisdom brings riches and honor better than gold

“Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭8:18-19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.8.18-19.esv

Better to get wisdom than gold

“How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.16.16.esv

Why should a fool buy wisdom is he can't understand it?

“Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭17:16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.17.16.esv

Not fitting for a fool to live in luxury

“It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.19.10.esv

Knowledge is a precious jewel

“There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭20:15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.20.15.esv

Rich man is only wise in his own eyes

“A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭28:11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.28.11.esv

5. Contentedness

Have no concern for your goods

“Have no concern for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'"”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭45:20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.45.20.esv

You shall not covet

"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭20:17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.20.17.esv

Ex: Paul does not covet

I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.

Acts 20:33 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/act.20.33.ESV

We are to be content in every circumstance, we can do all things through Christ

Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:11‭-‬13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/php.4.11-13.ESV

Godliness with contentment is great gain

But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

1 Timothy 6:6‭-‬8 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ti.6.6-8.ESV

Content to lose property because we have a better possession

For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.

Hebrews 10:34 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/heb.10.34.ESV

Keep yourself from love of money, be content

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

Hebrews 13:5 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/heb.13.5.ESV

Do not extort money, be content with your wages

“Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages."”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭3:14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.3.14.esv

MM103

MM104 - 10 Things More Valuable Than Money (Part 2)

6. Life and Freedom

Ex: Jehoash gives away everything to preserve freedom

At that time Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it. But when Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem, Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred gifts that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred gifts, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent these to Hazael king of Syria. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 12:17‭-‬18 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ki.12.17-18.ESV

Ex: Ishmael (officer of the king) is killing 80 men but spares those who offer up money

But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, "Do not put us to death, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields." So he refrained and did not put them to death with their companions.

Jeremiah 41:8 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.41.8.ESV

7. Faith

God's riches will strengthen you so that Christ may dwell in you through faith

that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 3:16‭-‬17 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/eph.3.16-17.ESV

God has chosen the poor to be rich in faith

“Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court? Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?”

‭‭James‬ ‭2:5-7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/jas.2.5-7.esv

8. Salvation

Gain the world but forfeit the soul

“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭16:26‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.16.26.esv

Gain the world but forfeit the soul

“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭8:36‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mrk.8.36.esv

Gain the world but forfeit himself

“For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭9:25‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.9.25.esv

9. God's Word

Man does not live by bread alone but by the word of the Lord

“And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭8:3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/deu.8.3.esv

Don't boast in riches, boast in knowing God

Thus says the Lord : "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord ."

Jeremiah 9:23‭-‬24 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.9.23-24.ESV

The law of the Lord is more desirable than gold

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

Psalms 19:7‭-‬10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.19.7-10.ESV

God's testimonies are better than riches

In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.

Psalms 119:14 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.119.14.ESV

God's law is better than gold

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Psalms 119:72 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.119.72.ESV

God's commandments are better than gold

Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.

Psalms 119:127 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.119.127.ESV

10. God Himself

Even if poor, I will rejoice in the Lord

Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

Habakkuk 3:17‭-‬18 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/hab.3.17-18.ESV

God gives more joy than wealth

You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.

Psalms 4:7 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.4.7.ESV

Fear of the Lord is better than great treasure

“Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭15:16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.15.16.esv

The Lord is a strong tower, wealth is only imagined to be

"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 ‭18:10-11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.18.10-11.esv

The Lord is Maker of all, His favor is better then silver or gold

“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:1-2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.22.1-2.esv

Give me neither poverty nor riches lest I deny you

“Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, 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.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭30:8-9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.30.8-9.esv

Sell everything to gain the kingdom of God

“"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭13:44-46‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.13.44-46.esv

MM104

MM105

MM105 - Stewardship vs Ownership

God Gives

It is God who gives power to get wealth

“Beware lest you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.' You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭8:17-18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/deu.8.17-18.esv

God gave Israel land and vineyards

I gave you a land on which you had not labored and cities that you had not built, and you dwell in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.'

Joshua 24:13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jos.24.13.ESV

The Lord makes poor and makes rich

The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord 's, and on them he has set the world.

1 Samuel 2:7‭-‬8 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1sa.2.7-8.ESV

The Lord makes rich

The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Proverbs 10:22 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.10.22.ESV

The Lord teaches you to profit

“Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭48:17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.48.17.esv

The wealth of all surrounding nations shall be collected in great abundance

Even Judah will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collected, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance. Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths.

Zechariah 14:14‭, ‬16 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/zec.14.14-16.ESV

God will provide if you devote the gain to the Lord

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples; and shall devote their gain to the Lord, their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.

Micah 4:13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/mic.4.13.ESV

God Takes Away

Ex: Tyre will be made a bare rock

They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters. I will make you a bare rock. You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, for I am the Lord ; I have spoken, declares the Lord God .

Ezekiel 26:12‭, ‬14 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.26.12-14.ESV

Ex: Tyre's riches will sink to the depths of the sea

Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your crew that is in your midst, sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your fall. Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your crew in your midst have sunk with you.

Ezekiel 27:27‭, ‬34 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.27.27-34.ESV

Ex: God gives Egypt into the hands of Babylon

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off its wealth and despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army.

Ezekiel 29:19 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.29.19.ESV

“Thus says the Lord God : “I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Ezekiel 30:10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.30.10.ESV

God will give your wealth as spoil

"Your wealth and your treasures I will give as spoil, without price, for all your sins, throughout all your territory.

Jeremiah 15:13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.15.13.ESV

God will give your wealth as spoil as price of sin

on the mountains in the open country. Your wealth and all your treasures I will give for spoil as the price of your high places for sin throughout all your territory.

Jeremiah 17:3 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.17.3.ESV

All Belongs to God

All riches belong to God

Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.

1 Chronicles 29:12‭, ‬16 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ch.29.12-16.ESV

Ex: Zechariah does as God asks with money

Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver. Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”— the Lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord, to the potter.

Zechariah 11:12‭-‬13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/zec.11.12-13.ESV

Everything comes from heaven

“John answered, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.”

‭‭John‬ ‭3:27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/jhn.3.27.esv

The Lord bestows riches on those who call on him

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

Romans 10:12 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/rom.10.12.ESV

What do you have that you did not receive?

“For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!”

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭4:7-8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/1co.4.7-8.esv

Every good gift comes from above, from the Father

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”

‭‭James‬ ‭1:17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/jas.1.17.esv

MM106 - Blessing and Provision

Blessing

I will make you a great nation

“And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭12:2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.12.2.esv

I will make you exceedingly fruitful

“I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭17:6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.17.6.esv

Ex: Isaac was blessed and became rich

“And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him, and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy. He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭26:12-14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.26.12-14.esv

Ex: God provided exactly enough manna for all of Israel

“And the people of Israel did so. They gathered [the manna from heaven], some more, some less. But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭16:17-18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.16.17-18.esv

Ex: Israel plundered Egypt

“The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭12:35-36‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.12.35-36.esv

Lord is able to give much more

"And Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do about the hundred talents that I have given to the army of Israel?" The man of God answered, "The Lord is able to give you much more than this."

2 Chronicles 25:9 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ch.25.9.ESV

Ex: God gave great possessions to Hezekiah

“And Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made for himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of costly vessels; storehouses also for the yield of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and sheepfolds. He likewise provided cities for himself, and flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great possessions.”

‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭32:27-29‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/2ch.32.27-29.esv

God will give rich and plenteous produce

“And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures, and the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭30:23-24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.30.23-24.esv

Israel shall be blessed and made great

“Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and exult, because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you. A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord…

For the coastlands shall hope for me, the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your children from afar, their silver and gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful…

Your gates shall be open continually; day and night they shall not be shut, that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations, with their kings led in procession…

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭60:5-6, 9, 11, 17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.60.5-6,9,11,17.esv

God has plans for you for welfare and hope

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

Jeremiah 29:11‭-‬14 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.29.11-14.ESV

Ex: Tyre had great wealth because of their business with the nations

“Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares. Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. From Beth-togarmah they exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares. The men of Dedan traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony. Syria did business with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and ruby. Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, meal, honey, oil, and balm. Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and wool of Sahar and casks of wine from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were bartered for your merchandise. Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they did business with you. The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the best of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. Haran, Canneh, Eden, traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. In your market these traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of colored material, bound with cords and made secure. The ships of Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas. When your wares came from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with your abundant wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.

Ezekiel 27:12‭-‬25‭, ‬33 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.27.12-33.ESV

The Lord hears and saves the poor

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalms 34:6 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.34.6.ESV

God is generous to His children

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.

Psalms 37:25‭-‬26 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.37.25-26.ESV

God raises the poor and makes them princes

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.

Psalms 113:7‭-‬8 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.113.7-8.ESV

You shall be blessed

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

Psalms 128:2 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.128.2.ESV

Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.6.33.esv

Your Father in heaven will give good things to those who ask

“"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened… If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7:7-8,11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.7.7-8,11.esv

Your Father in heaven will give good things to those who ask

“And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened…

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭11:9-10, 13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.11.9-10,13.esv

Seek his kingdom, and all these things will be added to you

“Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you. "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭12:31-32‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.12.31-32.esv

Blessing With A Command

God will surely bless you because you have obeyed His voice

“I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭22:17-18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.22.17-18.esv

God blesses Abraham because he obeyed God's voice, commandments, statutes, and laws

And the Lord appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭26:2-5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.26.2-5.esv

Follow God's statutes and you will dwell in the land securely and eat your fill

“"Therefore you shall do my statutes and keep my rules and perform them, and then you will dwell in the land securely. The land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and dwell in it securely.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭25:18-19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.25.18-19.esv

Follow God's statutes and the land shall yield its increase

“"If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭26:3-4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.26.3-4.esv

If you obey God, He will bless you

But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess— if only you will strictly obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all this commandment that I command you today. For the Lord your God will bless you, as he promised you, and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow, and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

Deuteronomy 15:4‭-‬6 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.15.4-6.ESV

If you obey the voice of the Lord, all these blessings shall come upon you

"And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. "The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. The Lord will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. The Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways. And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord , and they shall be afraid of you. And the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Deuteronomy 28:1‭-‬14 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.28.1-14.ESV

Keep the words of the covenant that you may prosper in all you do

Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

Deuteronomy 29:9 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.29.9.ESV

The Lord will make you abundantly prosperous when you obey His voice

The Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, when you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 30:9‭-‬10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.30.9-10.ESV

You will prosper is you are careful to observe the statutes of the Lord

Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.

1 Chronicles 22:13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ch.22.13.ESV

Ex: Jehoshaphat sought God and had great riches and honor

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the practices of Israel. Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor.

2 Chronicles 17:3‭-‬5 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ch.17.3-5.ESV

Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing

The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Psalms 34:10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.34.10.ESV

The Lord will bless those who fear Him

The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; he will bless those who fear the Lord , both the small and the great.

Psalms 115:12‭-‬13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.115.12-13.ESV

Honor the Lord with your firstfruits and your barns will be bursting

“Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3:9-10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.3.9-10.esv

The righteous has much treasure

“In the house of the righteous there is much treasure, but trouble befalls the income of the wicked.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭15:6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.15.6.esv

Reward for fear of the Lord is riches

“The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.22.4.esv

MM106

MM107 - The Purpose of Money

Money With No Purpose is Wrong

Wealth hoarded and wealth lost are evil

“There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.”

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭5:13-14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/ecc.5.13-14.esv

Rich man builds more barns, do not lay up treasures on earth

“And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry."' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭12:16-21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.12.16-21.esv

Food and Provision

Money will not be hoarded but will supply abundant food

At the end of seventy years, the Lord will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the Lord. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the Lord.

Isaiah 23:17‭-‬18 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/isa.23.17-18.ESV

Security and Protection

Ex: Jehoash gives away everything to preserve freedom

2 Kings 12:17‭-‬18 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ki.12.17-18.ESV

Ex: Ishmael (officer of the king) is killing 80 men but spares those who offer up money

Jeremiah 41:8 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.41.8.ESV

Rich man's wealth is his strong city

“A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭10:15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.10.15.esv

Relationships and Networking

The rich has many friends

“The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14:20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.14.20.esv

The crown of the wise is their wealth

“The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the folly of fools brings folly.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14:24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.14.24.esv

Wealth brings many friends

“Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.19.4.esv

The poor man's brothers hate him

“All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.19.7.esv

Enjoyment

Bless the Lord for the good he has given you

“And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭8:10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/deu.8.10.esv

Don't muzzle an ox, let him enjoy

"You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.

Deuteronomy 25:4 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.25.4.ESV

Be joyful and do good, take pleasure in your toil, this is God's gift

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.

Ecclesiastes 3:12‭-‬13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.3.12-13.ESV

Find enjoyment in wealth and possession that God has given

“Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God. For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.”

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭5:18-20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/ecc.5.18-20.esv

Evil to have no power to enjoy what God has given

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil.

Ecclesiastes 6:1‭-‬2 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.6.1-2.ESV

In prosperity be joyful

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.

Ecclesiastes 7:14 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.7.14.ESV

Money provides, enjoy it with laughter and gladness

Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything.

Ecclesiastes 10:19 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.10.19.ESV

Gods gifts are not to be rejected but received with thanksgiving

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

1 Timothy 4:4‭-‬5 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ti.4.4-5.ESV

Receive what is provided, the laborer deserves his wages

“And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭10:7-8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.10.7-8.esv

Let elders receive double, especially those in preaching

Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain," and, "The laborer deserves his wages."

1 Timothy 5:17‭-‬18 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ti.5.17-18.ESV

Money on a Mission

Money is wasted if God's purpose is not being accomplished

Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord . You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house. Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labors.”

Haggai 1:5‭-‬11 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/hag.1.5-11.ESV

Ex: people obey God's calling, He provides the resources

The people obeyed the voice of the Lord... They came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God...

"For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts. The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.’”

Haggai 2:6‭-‬9 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/hag.2.6-9.ESV

Before the people obeyed God, they worked in vain, after obeying, God will bless them

Now then, consider from this day onward. Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord , how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord. Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord ’s temple was laid, consider: Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you.”

Haggai 2:15‭-‬19 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/hag.2.15-19.ESV

Mission matters more than money

And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.

Mark 6:7‭-‬9‭, ‬12‭-‬13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/mrk.6.7-13.ESV

MM107

MM108 - Working and Earning

Wrong Reasons

Ex Wrong Reason: Tower of Babel to make a name for ourselves

“Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth…

Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech." So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭11:4, 7-8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.11.4,7-8.esv

Don't work just for wealth or it will be fleeting

“Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭23:4-5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.23.4-5.esv

Provide for Family / Others / Community

Allow your work to provide for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow

"When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.

Deuteronomy 24:19‭-‬21 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.24.19-21.ESV

Ex: Mordecai sought the welfare of his people

For Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.

Esther 10:3 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/est.10.3.ESV

Seek the welfare of the city where you live

But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

Jeremiah 29:7 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.29.7.ESV

Work for food that endures to eternal life

“Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal."”

‭‭John‬ ‭6:27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/jhn.6.27.esv

Work to provide for your family

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ti.5.8.ESV

Follow & Glorify God

The great know the way of the Lord, the poor do not

Then I said, "These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. I will go to the great and will speak to them, for they know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God." But they all alike had broken the yoke; they had burst the bonds.

Jeremiah 5:4‭-‬5 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.5.4-5.ESV

Cleanse yourself to become a vessel for honorable use

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.

2 Timothy 2:20‭-‬21 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ti.2.20-21.ESV

You ought to say "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that"

“Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."”

‭‭James‬ ‭4:13-15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/jas.4.13-15.esv

Enjoy your Work

A person should find enjoyment in his toil

There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,

Ecclesiastes 2:24 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.2.24.ESV

Man should rejoice in his work

So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Ecclesiastes 3:22 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.3.22.ESV

Work Hard

Sweet is the sleep of a laborer

“Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.”

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭5:12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/ecc.5.12.esv

Work with all your might

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.9.10.ESV

Foolish/Stubborn people toil but gain no profit

“An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the adder and the flying fiery serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit them.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭30:6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.30.6.esv

Slackness is cursed

"Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.

Jeremiah 48:10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.48.10.ESV

Sleep and slumber will bring poverty

“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭6:10-11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.6.10-11.esv

Slack hand causes poverty, diligence makes rich

“A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭10:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.10.4.esv

Whoever works his land will have plenty

“Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭12:11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.12.11.esv

Man's work comes back to him

“From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭12:14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.12.14.esv

Diligent men get precious wealth

“Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭12:27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.12.27.esv

The soul of the diligent is richly supplied

“The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.13.4.esv

Abundance comes from the strength of an ox

“Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.14.4.esv

Toil brings profit, mere talk brings poverty

“In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14:23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.14.23.esv

Idle person will suffer hunger

“Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.19.15.esv

Sluggard will have nothing to harvest

“The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭20:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.20.4.esv

Love of sleep brings poverty

“Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭20:13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.20.13.esv

Sleep and slumber bring poverty

“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭24:33-34‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.24.33-34.esv

Prepare your work first, then build your house

“Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭24:27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.24.27.esv

Working the land brings plenty, worthless pursuits bring poverty

“Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭28:19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.28.19.esv

The excellent wife works hard into the night

“She (the excellent wife) perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭31:18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.31.18.esv

The excellent wife looks after her household and is not idle

“She (the excellent wife) looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭31:27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.31.27.esv

Bondservants, obey your masters, work for the Lord. Masters, respect your bondservants

Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.

Ephesians 6:5‭-‬9 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/eph.6.5-9.ESV

Work heartily, as for the Lord, you will receive an inheritance from the Lord

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him... Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ... Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Colossians 3:17‭, ‬22‭-‬24, 4:1 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/col.3.17-24.ESV

Pay for what you eat, work hard, do not be a busybody

“nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you…

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.”

‭‭2 Thessalonians‬ ‭3:8, 10-12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/2th.3.8,10-12.esv

Be Patient

Ex: Gehazi (Elisha's servant) asks for / takes money at the wrong time

He said to him, "Go in peace." But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance, Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him." So Gehazi followed Naaman. And when Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and said, "Is all well?" And he said, "All is well. My master has sent me to say, 'There have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'" And Naaman said, "Be pleased to accept two talents." And he urged him and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants. And they carried them before Gehazi. And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and put them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed. He went in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, "Where have you been, Gehazi?" And he said, "Your servant went nowhere." But he said to him, "Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants? Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever." So he went out from his presence a leper, like snow.

2 Kings 5:19‭-‬27 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ki.5.19-27.ESV

Inheritance gained hastily will not be blessed

“An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭20:21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.20.21.esv

Be faithful and patient, don’t hasten to be rich

“A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭28:20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.28.20.esv

Hastening after wealth will lead to poverty

“A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭28:22‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.28.22.esv

Plans lead to abundance, haste leads to poverty

“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭21:5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.21.5.esv

Success comes from God

Ex: Abraham's servant prays to the Lord for success

“And he said, "O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭24:12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.24.12.esv

Ex: The Lord caused all that Joseph did to succeed

“His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭39:3-4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.39.3-4.esv

“And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭45:7-8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.45.7-8.esv

Ex: The Lord established Jehoshaphat with great riches and honor

2 Chronicles 17:3‭-‬5 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ch.17.3-5.ESV

Commit your work to the Lord

“Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.16.3.esv

MM108

MM109 - Principles of Work

Work Should be Righteous

You shall not steal

"You shall not steal"

Exodus‬ ‭20:15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.20.15.esv

Wicked men become rich through deceit

For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men. Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich; they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy. Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord , and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?"

Jeremiah 5:26‭-‬29 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.5.26-29.ESV

He who gets rich by injustice will be a fool

Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.

Jeremiah 17:11 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.17.11.ESV

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness

"Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages, who says, 'I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion.

Jeremiah 22:13‭-‬14 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.22.13-14.ESV

Woe to him who gets evil gain

"Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!

Habakkuk 2:9 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/hab.2.9.ESV

Everyone who steals or swears falsely shall be cursed and cleaned out

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side.

Zechariah 5:3 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/zec.5.3.ESV

The shepherd sells his flock and has no pity on them

Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord , I have become rich,’ and their own shepherds have no pity on them. For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of this land, declares the Lord . Behold, I will cause each of them to fall into the hand of his neighbor, and each into the hand of his king, and they shall crush the land, and I will deliver none from their hand.”

Zechariah 11:5‭-‬6 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/zec.11.5-6.ESV

Bread gained by deceit will fill the mouth with gravel

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

Proverbs 20:17 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.20.17.ESV

Work Should be Fair

Have a fair weight and measure, that your days may be long

A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 25:15‭-‬16 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.25.15-16.ESV

A false balance is an abomination

“A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭11:1‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.11.1.esv

He who sows righteousness gets a sure reward

“The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭11:18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.11.18.esv

Unequal weights are an abomination

Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord .

Proverbs 20:10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.20.10.ESV

Unequal weights are an abomination

“Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭20:23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.20.23.esv

Work Should Provide Value, Not Extort Money

Take no bribe, it blinds and subverts

“And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭23:8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.23.8.esv

Do not pervert justice, do not accept a bribe, it blinds and subverts

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:19 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.16.19.ESV

Ex: Samuel's sons took bribes

Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice.

1 Samuel 8:3 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1sa.8.3.ESV

Sinful to take a bribe

For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.

Amos 5:12 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/amo.5.12.ESV

Oppression drives to madness, a bribe corrupts the heart

Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.7.7.ESV

Despise the gain of oppressions, do not take a bribe

“He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭33:15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.33.15.esv

God strikes His hand against those who make money through bribes, extortion, but forget God

In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.

Ezekiel 22:12-13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.22.12-13.ESV

Extortion and oppression are unjust

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.

Ezekiel 22:29 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.22.29.ESV

It is evil to ask for a bribe

Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

Micah 7:3 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/mic.7.3.ESV

Whoever oppresses the poor will come to poverty

“Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.22.16.esv

He who hates unjust gain will prolong his days

A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

Proverbs 28:16 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.28.16.ESV

Do not extort money, be content with your wages

“Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages."”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭3:14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.3.14.esv

Sabbath

On the seventh day, God rested

And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

Genesis 2:2-3 ESV

https://www.bible.com/bible/59/gen.2.esv

Sabbath from gathering manna

“Six days you shall gather it [manna from heaven], but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will be none."”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭16:26‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.16.26.esv

Remember the Sabbath, do not do any work

“"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭20:8-10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.20.8-10.esv

Sabbath year for the fields, sabbath day for the workers and livestock

“"For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard. "Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭23:10-12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.23.10-12.esv

Sabbath, whoever works will be put to death

“Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭31:15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.31.15.esv

Take a sabbath both in plowing and in harvest

“"Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭34:21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.34.21.esv

Sabbath, whoever works will be put to death

“Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭35:2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.35.2.esv

Sabbath to the Lord

“"Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭23:3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.23.3.esv

Sabbath year for your land

“For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭25:3-5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.25.3-5.esv

In the fiftieth year return to your clan

“And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭25:10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.25.10.esv

God will provide for the Sabbath years

“I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years. When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating some of the old crop; you shall eat the old until the ninth year, when its crop arrives.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭25:21-22‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.25.21-22.esv

Observe the Sabbath

“"'Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭5:12-14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/deu.5.12-14.esv

Ex: Nehemiah orders Israel to keep the Sabbath

In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them on the day when they sold food. Tyrians also, who lived in the city, brought in fish and all kinds of goods and sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah, in Jerusalem itself! Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day? Did not your fathers act in this way, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Now you are bringing more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.” As soon as it began to grow dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, that no load might be brought in on the Sabbath day.

Nehemiah 13:15‭-‬19 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/neh.13.15-19.ESV

If you take s Sabbath and do your pleasure on the holy day, you shall take delight in the Lord

“"If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭58:13-14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.58.13-14.esv

Do not bear a burden on the Sabbath and your city shall be inhabited forever

Thus says the Lord: Take care for the sake of your lives, and do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers. Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and receive instruction. "'But if you listen to me, declares the Lord , and bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it, then there shall enter by the gates of this city kings and princes who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their officials, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city shall be inhabited forever. And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord. But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.'"

Jeremiah 17:21‭-‬27 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.17.21-27.ESV

Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath

And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Mark 2:27 ESV

https://www.bible.com/bible/59/mrk.2.27

Rest

Quietness is better than striving after the wind

Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.4.6.ESV

Come to Jesus and He will give you rest

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11:28-30‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.11.28-30.esv

Treatment of Workers

Ex: Laban offers to pay a fair wage

“But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you. Name your wages, and I will give it."”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭30:27-28‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.30.27-28.esv

Hire able, God-fearing, trustworthy men so they will bear the burden with you

“Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. And let them judge the people at all times. Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. If you do this, God will direct you, you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace."”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭18:21-23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.18.21-23.esv

Pay your workers on time

“"You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭19:13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.19.13.esv

Do not oppress your workers, pay them on time

"You shall not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 24:14‭-‬15 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.24.14-15.ESVf

Ex: David keep his word in sharing/dividing the spoils of battle

Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near to the people he greeted them. Then all the wicked and worthless fellows among the men who had gone with David said, "Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except that each man may lead away his wife and children, and depart." But David said, "You shall not do so, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has preserved us and given into our hand the band that came against us. Who would listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage. They shall share alike."

1 Samuel 30:21‭-‬24 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1sa.30.21-24.ESV

Ex: Nehemiah did not charge a food allowance because he saw how heavy the work was

Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants Lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. I also persevered in the work on this wall, and we acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work. Moreover, there were at my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us. Now what was prepared at my expense for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people.

Nehemiah 5:14‭-‬18 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/neh.5.14-18.ESV

Do not hire a fool

Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.

Proverbs 26:10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.26.10.ESV

The wages you withheld cry out against you

“Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.”

‭‭James‬ ‭5:1-6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/jas.5.1-6.esv

MM109

MM110 - Giving

God Tells Us to Give

Everyone shall give, bot rich and poor

“Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord. Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord 's offering. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the Lord 's offering to make atonement for your lives.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭30:13-15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.30.13-15.esv

Give as you are able

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

Deuteronomy 16:17 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.16.17.ESV

Give to the one who begs from you

Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.

Matthew 5:42 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/mat.5.42.ESV

Whoever has excess is to share

“And he answered them, "Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise."”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭3:11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.3.11.esv

Give to those who beg, do not demand back what was stolen

“Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭6:30‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.6.30.esv

Contribute to the needs of the saints

Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.

Romans 12:13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/rom.12.13.ESV

It is Good and Right to Give

The righteous is generous

The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

Psalms 37:21 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.37.21.ESV

The man who fears the Lord gives freely

Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord , who greatly delights in his commandments!... Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever... It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice... He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.

Psalms 112:1‭, ‬3‭, ‬5‭, ‬9 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.112.1-9.ESV

Blessed is he who is generous

“Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14:21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.14.21.esv

He who is generous honors his Maker

“Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14:31‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.14.31.esv

The righteous gives and does not hold back

All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

Proverbs 21:26 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.21.26.ESV

The excellent wife opens her hand to the poor

“She (the excellent wife) opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭31:20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.31.20.esv

Ex: The people gave willingly with their whole heart

Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

1 Chronicles 29:9 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ch.29.9.ESV

Failing to Give is Wrong

Ex: Israel failed to give, burdened God with their sin

“You have not bought me sweet cane with money, or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43:24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.43.24.esv

Ex: Sodom did not aid the needy, God removed them

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it.

Ezekiel 16:49‭-‬50 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.16.49-50.ESV

Failing to bring the full tithe is robbing God

Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.

Malachi 3:8‭-‬9 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/mal.3.8-9.ESV

Whoever does not give to the poor will not be helped when in need

“Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭21:13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.21.13.esv

Poor who opposes the poor is a beating rain

A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food.

Proverbs 28:3 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.28.3.ESV

Whoever hides his eyes from the poor will get a curse

“Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭28:27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.28.27.esv

How does God's love abide in one who closes his eyes to a brother in need?

“But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/1jn.3.17.esv

We Will Be Blessed When We Give

If you pour yourself out, your light will rise

“if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭58:10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.58.10.esv

Bring the full tithe and the Lord will pour down a blessing until there is no more need

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Malachi 3:10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/mal.3.10.ESV

Give freely and grow richer

“One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭11:24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.11.24.esv

Everyone is a friend to a generous man

“Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.19.6.esv

The Lord will repay him who is generous to the poor

“Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭19:17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.19.17.esv

Give in secret

A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.

Proverbs 21:14 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.21.14.ESV

Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed

“Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.22.9.esv

Your Father who sees in secret will reward you

“But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:3-4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.6.3-4.esv

Whoever gives will not lose his reward

“And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward."”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10:42‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.10.42.esv

Love, do good, lend, your reward will be great

“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭6:35‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.6.35.esv

Give and it will be given to you by the same measure

“"Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you."”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭6:37-38‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.6.37-38.esv

Ex: There was not a needy person among them because they distributed to each as needed

“There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭4:34-35‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/act.4.34-35.esv

It is more blessed to give then receive

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "

Acts 20:35 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/act.20.35.ESV

You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way

As it is written, "He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭9:9-11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/2co.9.9-11.esv

God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus

Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:17-‬19 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/php.4.17-19.ESV

Give Generously and Freely

Ex: Jacob insists Esau receive his gift offering

“Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." Thus he urged him, and he took it.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭33:11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.33.11.esv

Give freely and not begrudgingly

Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, 'The seventh year, the year of release is near,' and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin. You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.

Deuteronomy 15:9-10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.15.9-10.ESV

Ex: King Ahasuerus gave and cut taxes with royal generosity

Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther’s feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity.

Esther 2:18 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/est.2.18.ESV

You received without pay, give without pay

“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10:8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.10.8.esv

Ex: Zacchaeus gave half his goods and restored his fraud fourfold

“And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭19:8-9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.19.8-9.esv

Ex: Poor widow gave out of her poverty

Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

Luke 21:1‭-‬4 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/luk.21.1-4.ESV

Ex: Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to give to the poor

For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. For they were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.

Romans 15:26‭-‬27 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/rom.15.26-27.ESV

Ex: Macedonia gave an overflow in wealth of generosity, and desired to do it. Let your abundance supply others needs and their abundance will supply your need

“We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints— and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. Accordingly, we urged Titus that as he had started, so he should complete among you this act of grace. But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also. I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it. So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have. For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness your abundance at the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. As it is written, "Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack."”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭8:1-15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/2co.8.1-15.esv

God loves a cheerful giver, whoever sows bountifully will reap bountifully

“The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

2 Corinthians‬ ‭9:6-8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/2co.9.6-8.esv

Ex: Philippians supplied Paul's needs

Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again.

Philippians 4:14-16

https://bible.com/bible/59/php.4.14-16.ESV

Give Your First and Your Best

Do not delay, give your first

“"You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭22:29‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.22.29.esv

Bring the best of the firstfruits

“"The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭23:19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.23.19.esv

Always find a way to tithe, if living far off, convert tithe to money so you can carry it

"You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. And before the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always. And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, when the Lord your God blesses you, because the place is too far from you, which the Lord your God chooses, to set his name there, then you shall turn it into money and bind up the money in your hand and go to the place that the Lord your God chooses and spend the money for whatever you desire—oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And you shall eat there before the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household.

Deuteronomy 14:22‭-‬26 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.14.22-26.ESV

Give the first to the priests

And the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, that a blessing may rest on your house.

Ezekiel 44:30 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.44.30.ESV

Give now not later

Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.

Proverbs 3:28 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.3.28.ESV

On the first of every week put something aside and store it up for the collection for the saints

“Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.”

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭16:1-3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/1co.16.1-3.esv

Give a Tithe / Tenth / 10%

Ex: Abraham gave Melchizedek one tenth

“And Abram gave [Melchizedek] a tenth of everything.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭14:20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.14.20.esv

Ex: Jacob vows to give one tenth

“Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you."”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭28:20-22‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.28.20-22.esv

If a man wishes to redeem his tithe he shall add a fifth to it

“"If the vow is an animal that may be offered as an offering to the Lord, all of it that he gives to the Lord is holy…

But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation. "When a man dedicates his house as a holy gift to the Lord, the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. And if the donor wishes to redeem his house, he shall add a fifth to the valuation price, and it shall be his. "If a man dedicates to the Lord part of the land that is his possession, then the valuation shall be in proportion to its seed. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver…

And if he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth to its valuation price, and it shall remain his…

"Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord 's; it is holy to the Lord. If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭27:9, 13-16, 19, 30-31‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.27.9,13-16,19,30-31.esv

Ex: The people gave in abundance a tithe of everything

“As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field. And they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything. And the people of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of the dedicated things that had been dedicated to the Lord their God, and laid them in heaps…

Azariah the chief priest, who was of the house of Zadok, answered him, "Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and had enough and have plenty left, for the Lord has blessed his people, so that we have this large amount left."”

‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭31:5-6, 10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/2ch.31.5-6,10.esv

Descendants of Levi are commanded to take tithes from the people

And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descended from Abraham.

Hebrews 7:5 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/heb.7.5.ESV

Give to: Poor, Levite, Sojourner, Widow, Brother, Church

Poor, Sojourner. Leave some crops for the poor and the sojourner

“"When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭19:9-10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.19.9-10.esv

Poor, Sojourner. Leave some crops for the poor and the sojourner

“"And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God."”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭23:22‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.23.22.esv

Brother. If a brother becomes poor you shall support him

“"If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you. Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you. You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭25:35-37‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.25.35-37.esv

Levite, sojourner, fatherless, widow. Do not forget those in your town

And you shall not neglect the Levite who is within your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you. "At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns. And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

Deuteronomy 14:27-‬29 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.14.27-29.ESV

Brother. If a brother becomes poor, you shall open your hand and lend to him sufficiently

"If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be… For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.'

Deuteronomy 15:7‭-8,11 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.15.7-8,11.ESV

Levite, sojourner, fatherless, and widow. Bring the first of the fruit and do not take from it

And behold, now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, O Lord , have given me.' And you shall set it down before the Lord your God and worship before the Lord your God. And you shall rejoice in all the good that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner who is among you. "When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year, which is the year of tithing, giving it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your towns and be filled, then you shall say before the Lord your God, 'I have removed the sacred portion out of my house, and moreover, I have given it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all your commandment that you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, nor have I forgotten them. I have not eaten of the tithe while I was mourning, or removed any of it while I was unclean, or offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God. I have done according to all that you have commanded me. Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.'

Deuteronomy 26:10‭-‬15 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.26.10-15.ESV

Church. Ex: People gave gold, silver, and goods freely to support the rebuilding of the temple

Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord , the God of Israel— he is the God who is in Jerusalem. And let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God that is in Jerusalem...

And all who were about them aided them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with costly wares, besides all that was freely offered.

Ezra 1:3‭-‬4,6 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezr.1.3-4.ESV

Church. Ex: Heads of families gave freely as their were able to the rebuilding of the temple

Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site. According to their ability they gave to the treasury of the work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priests’ garments.

Ezra 2:68‭-‬69 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezr.2.68-69.ESV

Church. Ex: Heads of houses and governors gave to the rebuilding of the temple

Now some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests’ garments and 500 minas of silver. And some of the heads of fathers’ houses gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver. And what the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests’ garments.

Nehemiah 7:70‭-‬72 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/neh.7.70-72.ESV

Church. Obligate yourself to giving for the service of the house of God

“We also take on ourselves the obligation to give yearly a third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: We obligate ourselves to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the Lord; also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks; and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor. And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes. And the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse. For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, as well as the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.”

Nehemiah 10:32‭, ‬35‭-‬39 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/neh.10.32-39.ESV

Church. When you allot the land, set apart a portion for the Lord and for the sanctuary

“When you allot the land as an inheritance, you shall set apart for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits broad. It shall be holy throughout its whole extent. It shall be the holy portion of the land. It shall be for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and approach the Lord to minister to him, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 45:1‭, ‬4 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.45.1-4.ESV

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MM111 - Saving and Inheritance

Saving

Ex: Joseph saves one fifth

“Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plentiful years. And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine."”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭41:34-36‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.41.34-36.esv

Ex: Joseph saved in great abundance

“And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭41:49‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.41.49.esv

Wealth gained little by little will increase

“Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13:11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.13.11.esv

A wise man has built up savings

“Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭21:20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.21.20.esv

Ants are wise to save

“Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭30:24-25‬ ‭NIV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/111/pro.30.24-25.niv

On the first day of the week, save so you may prosper

“On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.”

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭16:2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/1co.16.2.esv

Parents are obligated to save for their children

“Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/2co.12.14.esv

Inheritance

The person who does not keep the Lord's statutes will be cut off

“But you shall keep my statutes and my rules and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you (for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean), lest the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭18:26-29‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.18.26-29.esv

Firstborn gets a double portion

“then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭21:16-17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/deu.21.16-17.esv

Inheritance portioned by family size

“The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names. To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be given its inheritance in proportion to its list.”

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭26:52-54‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/num.26.52-54.esv

Three tribes request inheritance East of the Jordan

“Then they came near to him and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones…

For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east.””

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭32:16, 19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/num.32.16,19.esv

Each tribe shall hold on to its own inheritance

“So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.'"”

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭36:9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/num.36.9.esv

Caleb requests the land he was promised as his inheritance

“except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the Lord!’”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭1:36‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/deu.1.36.esv

“So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said.” Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.”

‭‭Joshua‬ ‭14:12-13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/jos.14.12-13.esv

If you transgress you shall perish from the land God has given you

“if you transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he has given to you.””

‭‭Joshua‬ ‭23:16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/jos.23.16.esv

A prince's property shall be given to his sons as inheritance

“Thus says the Lord God : If the prince makes a gift to any of his sons as his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons. It is their property by inheritance. But if he makes a gift out of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty. Then it shall revert to the prince; surely it is his inheritance—it shall belong to his sons. The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, thrusting them out of their property. He shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be scattered from his property.”

Ezekiel 46:16‭-‬18 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezk.46.16-18.ESV

A good man leaves an inheritance

“A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13:22‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.13.22.esv

MM111

MM112 - Debt and Taxes

Do Not Put Up Security

If you put up security for a neighbor (co-sign a loan), you are caught by your pledge, hasten to free yourself from under it

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth, then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor. Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Proverbs 6:1‭-‬5 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.6.1-5.ESV

Whoever puts up security will suffer harm

Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.

Proverbs 11:15 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.11.15.ESV

One who leaves sense puts up security

One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.

Proverbs 17:18 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.17.18.ESV

Do not put up security for debts

Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:26-27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.22.26-27.esv

Take a man's garment when he puts up security

Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.

Proverbs 27:13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.27.13.ESV

The Borrower is Slave to the Lender

The borrower is slave to the lender

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.22.7.esv

Woe to him who heaps up debt, hie debtors will arise add make him tremble

Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say, "Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own— for how long?— and loads himself with pledges!" Will not your debtors suddenly arise, and those awake who will make you tremble? Then you will be spoil for them.

Habakkuk 2:6‭-‬7 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/hab.2.6-7.ESV

Avoid Debt

Debt limits ability to provide: 1. in abundance, buy food 2. If needed, leverage your property

3. If already in debt, you have no options left

For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.” There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.” And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards. Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

Nehemiah 5:2‭-‬5 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/neh.5.2-5.ESV

The wicked borrows but does not pay back

The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

Psalms 37:21 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.37.21.ESV

Owe no one anything

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8‭ ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/rom.13.8.ESV

Lending and Interest

Do not exact interest from the poor

If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭22:25‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/exo.22.25.esv

Every seven years, creditors shall grant a release to his brothers (may charge a foreigner)

At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release. And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the Lord 's release has been proclaimed. Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.

Deuteronomy 15:1‭-‬3 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.15.1-3.ESV

You may not charge interest to a brother, but may charge it to a foreigner

You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest. You may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not charge your brother interest, that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

Deuteronomy 23:19‭-‬20 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.23.19-20.ESV

When making a loan, do not be overbearing, if the man is poor, restore his pledge

When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 24:10‭-‬13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.24.10-13.ESV

Exacting interest from a brother is not good, let us abandon this practice

I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest. Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them.” Then they said, “We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say.” And I called the priests and made them swear to do as they had promised. I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said “Amen” and praised the Lord . And the people did as they had promised.

Nehemiah 5:7‭, ‬9‭-‬13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/neh.5.7-13.ESV

He who does not put out his money at interest shall never be moved

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;... who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

Psalms 15:2‭, ‬5 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.15.2-5.ESV

Taxes

Ex: All of Egypt pays 20% tax to save for famine

“And at the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones."”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭47:24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.47.24.esv

Ex: King Ahasuerus imposed a tax

King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

Esther 10:1 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/est.10.1.ESV

Render to Caesar what is Caesar's

Then he said to them, "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22:21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.22.21.esv

Render to Caesar what is Caesar's

Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they marveled at him.”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭12:17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mrk.12.17.esv

Render to Caesar what is Caesar's

He said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭20:25‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.20.25.esv

You pay taxes because all authority comes from God and we should be subject to it

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God... For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Romans 13:1‭, ‬6-7‭ ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/rom.13.1-8.ESV

MM112

MM113

MM113 - Spending

Manage Money Well

Ex: Men were appointed to oversee the savings for the rebuilding of the temple

On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the Law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.

Nehemiah 12:44 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/neh.12.44.ESV

Ex: Eliashib took from the savings to build a chamber for Tobiah, Nehemiah threw them out and appointed reliable men to oversee the money

prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests. and came to Jerusalem, and I then discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber. Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses. And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and as their assistant Hanan the son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for they were considered reliable, and their duty was to distribute to their brothers.

Nehemiah 13:5‭, ‬7‭-‬8‭, ‬12‭-‬13 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/neh.13.5-13.ESV

Know the condition of your flock

“Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭27:23-24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.27.23-24.esv

The faithful servant who manages his masters household will be set over great possession

“"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed,' and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24:45-51‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/mat.24.45-51.esv

The faithful servant who manages his masters household will be set over great possession

To whom much has been given/entrusted, much will be required/demanded

“And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful. And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating. But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭12:42-48‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.12.42-48.esv

Plan your expenses

“For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭14:28-30‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.14.28-30.esv

One who is faithful over little is faithful over much

“The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. "One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭16:8-12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/luk.16.8-12.esv

Don’t Buy What You Don’t Need

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread?

“"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55:1-2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/isa.55.1-2.esv

Don't play the great man but lack bread

“Better to be lowly and have a servant than to play the great man and lack bread.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭12:9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.12.9.esv

Pretend to be rich, have nothing, pretend to be poor, have wealth

“One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13:7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.13.7.esv

Whoever loves pleasure will be poor

“Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭21:17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.21.17.esv

Gluttons will come to poverty

“Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭23:20-21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.23.20-21.esv

A companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth

He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Proverbs 29:3 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.29.3.ESV

Buy What You Need

Ex: Jehoida reprimands the priests for not using the money, begins using money to buy supplies for the building of the Temple

Jehoash said to the priests, "All the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of the Lord , the money for which each man is assessed—the money from the assessment of persons—and the money that a man's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord , let the priests take, each from his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered." But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs on the house. Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, "Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house." So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house. Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the Lord . And the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord . And whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest came up and they bagged and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord . Then they would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the Lord . And they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord , and to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord , and for any outlay for the repairs of the house... And they did not ask for an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly. The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; it belonged to the priests.

2 Kings 12:4‭-‬12‭, ‬15‭-‬16 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ki.12.4-16.ESV

Ex: Jehoida reprimands the priests for not using the money, begins using money to buy supplies for the building of the Temple

And he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you act quickly." But the Levites did not act quickly. So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief and said to him, "Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the Lord , and the congregation of Israel for the tent of testimony?" For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also used all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord for the Baals. So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord . And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness. And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished. And whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the Levites, when they saw that there was much money in it, the king's secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and take it and return it to its place. Thus they did day after day, and collected money in abundance. And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who had charge of the work of the house of the Lord , and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the Lord , and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord . So those who were engaged in the work labored, and the repairing went forward in their hands, and they restored the house of God to its proper condition and strengthened it. And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made utensils for the house of the Lord , both for the service and for the burnt offerings, and dishes for incense and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord regularly all the days of Jehoiada.

2 Chronicles 24:5‭-‬14 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ch.24.5-14.ESV

Ex: Hilkiah gave money to the workers so they can buy what they need for the Temple

“"Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money that has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people. And let it be given into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord, and let them give it to the workmen who are at the house of the Lord, repairing the house (that is, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons), and let them use it for buying timber and quarried stone to repair the house. But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly."”

‭‭2 Kings‬ ‭22:4-7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/2ki.22.4-7.esv

Ex: Hilkiah gave money to the workmen to buy supplies for the Temple

“They came to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had collected from Manasseh and Ephraim and from all the remnant of Israel and from all Judah and Benjamin and from the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And they gave it to the workmen who were working in the house of the Lord. And the workmen who were working in the house of the Lord gave it for repairing and restoring the house. They gave it to the carpenters and the builders to buy quarried stone, and timber for binders and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had let go to ruin. And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were set Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight…

“They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of the Lord and have given it into the hand of the overseers and the workmen."”

‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭34:9-12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/2ch.34.9-12,17.esv

Ex: They gave money to the workers to buy supplies

So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

Ezra 3:7 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezr.3.7.ESV

The cost is to be paid in full without delay for whatever is needed

Moreover, I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God. The cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River. And whatever is needed—bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require—let that be given to them day by day without fail, that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

Ezra 6:8‭-‬10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezr.6.8-10.ESV

Whatever seems good to you to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do, according to the will of your God

For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand, and also to carry the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, with all the silver and gold that you shall find in the whole province of Babylonia, and with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests, vowed willingly for the house of their God that is in Jerusalem. With this money, then, you shall with all diligence buy bulls, rams, and lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, and you shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God that is in Jerusalem. Whatever seems good to you and your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do, according to the will of your God. The vessels that have been given you for the service of the house of your God, you shall deliver before the God of Jerusalem. And whatever else is required for the house of your God, which it falls to you to provide, you may provide it out of the king’s treasury.

Ezra 7:14‭-‬20 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/ezr.7.14-20.ESV

Pay for water and wood

We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought.

Lamentations 5:4 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/lam.5.4.ESV

Buy truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding: Education

“Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭23:23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/pro.23.23.esv

Pay What it's Worth

Ex: When offered a gift, Abraham offered to pay its value

“"No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the sight of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead." Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, "But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there."”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭23:11-13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.23.11-13.esv

Ex: Don't overpay, Esau pays his birthright for a bowl of soup

“And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.) Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright now." Esau said, "I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?" Jacob said, "Swear to me now." So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭25:30-34‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/gen.25.30-34.esv

Ex: Prices rise in time of famine

And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five shekels of silver.

2 Kings 6:25 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ki.6.25.ESV

Ex: Prices fall in time of surplus

But Elisha said, "Hear the word of the Lord : thus says the Lord , Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria."... Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord .

2 Kings 7:1‭, ‬16 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/2ki.7.1-16.ESV

Ex: David offers to pay full price

But King David said to Ornan, "No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David paid Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site.

1 Chronicles 21:24‭-‬25 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/1ch.21.24-25.ESV

Buy Fairly

When buying or selling, do not wrong one another

“And if you make a sale to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭25:14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/59/lev.25.14.esv

Sign a deed, get a witness, weigh the money properly

"And I bought the field at Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver. I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales.

Jeremiah 32:9‭-‬10 ESV

https://bible.com/bible/59/jer.32.9-10.ESV