Do not sleep or you will grow poor?
Proverb for the Day 20:13 — GET UP!!!
Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare. A common theme in Proverbs, this verse is about laziness.
What does Bible say about laziness?
” Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.” “A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.” “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.” “Whoever is lazy regarding his work is also a brother to the master of destruction.”
What are folding hands?
fold one’s hands
to bring one’s hands together, palm to palm, with the fingers interlocking; to grasp one’s hands together, palm to palm, perpendicular to one another.
Who can say I have kept my heart pure?
God asked a very good question in Proverbs 20:9, “Who can say, ‘I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin’?” (NIV) The rest of the Bible makes it clear that all have sinned, everyone has missed the mark, no human is good, our attempts at righteousness are as filthy rags.
What does God say about helping the poor?
Proverbs 19:17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed. Proverbs 22:9 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor. Proverbs 22:16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
Is poverty a sin?
The Bible may be full of admonitions to regard the poor as people who enjoy God’s favor and should spur our compassion, but the Christian cabal that runs today’s Republican Party regards wealth as the true test of godliness and virtue. Being poor is a serious sin.