Money lessons from the book of Proverbs: Kingdom principles for truefinancial stewardship, Part 4

Part 4: Not all that glitters is gold

There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches. (Proverbs 13:7 NKJV)

Not all that glitters is gold. This is a famous saying, which means that not everything that looks precious is actually so. The scripture above shows that seeing is not believing. A person can appear to be rich, while the opposite is true. Conversely, a person can appear to be poor, while is indeed rich. In this case, looks can really be deceiving. (The advent of Photoshop has worsened things, what you see is not what you get, due diligence is a necessity.) On a serious note, the desire to appear rich is detrimental to wealth building.

Money lessons from the book of Proverbs: Part 3

Part 3: Beware of get-rich-quick schemes

Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty. A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished. (Proverbs 28:19-20 NIV)

There are four things that I would like to discuss from the Scripture above. Namely; work or hard work, chasing fantasies, faithfulness, and get-rich- quick schemes. Interestingly, all these four things have their rewards.