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Nov 22, 2023 · The biblical perspective is for us to live in wholeness, which includes a generous sufficiency of things. Poverty is a bad thing; God wants us to have all we need for a joyous life. God wants no one to be poor.
May 28, 2019 · Chalmers Center content specialist Justin Lonas explains how Christians can think about material wealth -- and whether God prefers the rich or the poor. Are some people “closer to God” by virtue of their economic status?
Jun 24, 2020 · Poverty is a blessing if it prompts us to rely upon God; yet, poverty is a curse if it is the result of sin. To summarize the above, then, the book of Proverbs does not give preference or favor to a particular material status—either wealth or poverty.
Paul goes onto say that God does this so that people might reach out for Him, and get to know Him - whether they be rich or poor (see Acts Chapter 17, verse 27). The final thing to say about this inequality and suffering, is that God is not unaware of it but has done something decisive about it.
Psalm 12:5. Verse Concepts. “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.” Psalm 109:31.
Proverbs 30:8. Verse Concepts. Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion, Proverbs 13:7. Verse Concepts. There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth. 2 Corinthians 6:10. Verse Concepts.
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Jun 25, 2019 · The Bible issues several warnings against the love of money and the snare of wealth (1 Timothy 3:3; 6:10), but in Proverbs 30:8–9, Agur, the gather of wise sayings, asks that he would have neither poverty nor wealth. Why? Does...