Tag: poor
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This we all have in common – 2026.06.09
Proverbs 29:13 (KJV) The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.https://bible.com/bible/116/pro.29.13 https://bible.com/bible/116/pro.29.13 Here we have two persons in opposing condition. One is poor the other rich and oppressing the poor. They have one thing in common that it is GOD who has given them life. GOD does not show…
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A good prayer – 2026.05.15
Proverbs 30:7-9 (KJV)7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor,…
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Great riches – 2026.03.20
Proverbs 13:7 (KJV) There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.https://bible.com/bible/116/pro.13.7 https://bible.com/bible/116/pro.13.7 Here we can see two comparisons. One about pretending to be rich and another about actual riches (depending on which translation you look at). Some people who don’t have much but pretend…
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Laziness – 2025.08.15
Proverbs 24:30-34 (KJV)30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon…
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Generous lending and giving in the church – 2024.06.18
Deuteronomy 15:7-8 (KJV)7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and…