Proverbs 22
16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and he who gives gifts to the rich--both come to poverty.
This sounds like the American economic system - predatory lending, liar loans, risky trading, and lobbyists in Washington to keep legislation favorable to big business. Is it any wonder that economic duress has come upon us?
But as we look at the calamity about, we acknowledge that we are not completely innocent. We have bought into a system that gives us what we want and seek debt relief when things go wrong. We need to confess when we have played the system to get us what we wanted without concern for our brother.
Instruct those who are rich in this present world to not be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things for to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, that they may take hold of that which is life indeed. -- 1 Timothy 6:17-19
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