Proverbs on Wealth

This morning at CBC we're finishing off our mini-series in Proverbs by looking at what that book has to say on the subject of Wealth. Here are some of the resources that I mentioned or referred to.

I mentioned the great introductory videos from The Bible Project, giving an overveiw of Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. You'll find those videos by clicking here.

On Sunday I referred to a number of verses from Proverbs, but some of these verses only appeared on the screen. Here is a list of all the verses referred to, in the order they were used:

10:22
3:9
3:14
18:10-11
23:4-5
11:4
15:16
16:8
14:31
22:2
31:8-9
23:6-7
11:24-25

As a part of my preparation, I put together the following list of verses in Proverbs that are linked to the topic of wealth, as well as giving an indication of how that verse links to the topic. Some verses, for example, mention that there are other things that are better than wealth, or the importance of being generous and not stingy with what we have...

Obviously, this image is slightly challenging to read, so you can download either a pdf copy or Numbers spreadsheet using the links below.

You may not necessarily agree with all my categories - and there may be verses that I have not included - I don't claim that this is an authoritative list, but you may find it helpful if you want to explore the subject further. I certainly found it helpful putting it together.

Download pdf version

Download Numbers spreadsheet version

We mentioned some statistics regarding world poverty, whilst recognising that stats don't paint the full picture and often over simplify complicated situations. I didn't use the following video but you might find it interesting.



Here is one more video - this is the TED talk that looks at the question - does money make you mean?

Proverbs

On Sunday mornings over the summer we have been looking at different themes from the book of Proverbs. So far we've looked at what Proverbs has to say about Work, Words and Wisdom. This Sunday, in the final talk in the series, we're going to be thinking about Wealth.

If you've not done so already and you want more of an overview of the book of Proverbs or  a bit more insight into the Old Testament Wisdom literature then there are some great resources from the guys over at The Bible Project.

The wisdom of Proverbs is supposed to read in the context of the questions and issues raised by Job and the book of Ecclesiastes as well as the wider Old Testament and whole Bible contexts. Here's what those books are about and how they are read together.








You'll also find their traditional poster style videos and posters here as well as lots of other helpful resources.