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?