Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10 (NIV)
1. Give Generously
The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; those who help others are helped.
Proverbs 11:24-25 (MSG)
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything your land produces. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with the finest wine.
Proverbs 3:9-10 (NLT)
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21 (NIV)
2. Plan Carefully
We should make plans–counting on God to direct us.
Proverbs 16:9 (TLB)
Any enterprise is built by wise planning, becomes strong through common sense, and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts.
Proverbs 24:3 (TLB)
The borrower is a servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7 (NIV)
3. Manage Wisely
The wise man saves for the future, but the foolish man spends whatever he gets.
Proverbs 21:20 (TLB)
She looks over a field and buys it, then, with money she’s put aside, plants a garden.
Proverbs 31:16 (MSG)
4. Work Diligently
A lazy person will end up poor, but a hard worker will become rich. Those who gather crops on time are wise, but those who sleep through the harvest are a disgrace.
Proverbs 10:4-5 (NCV)
Wealth from gambling quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows.
Proverbs 13:11 (TLB)
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