Proverbs 13:11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but whomever gathers money little by little makes it grow
Proverbs 22:16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase whoever gives to the rich both comes to poverty
When I was a young girl my Aunt Martha taught me a simple lesson about finances. She had me do a chore, she paid me for the chore, it was babysitting and even though my cousins were around the same age as me at the time I was still the oldest and considered the responsible one so she paid me to babysit, but she also did something very important, she said to me 10 percent goes to the church and the rest is yours, so 10 cents on the dollar goes to the church and 90 cents you get to keep. The Bible refers to that as The Tithe it was stated to me as a fact, I didn’t hear the sermon or Scripture “But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions.” Malachi 3:8, or “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me.” I am sure until I was at least 14 so there were no guilt trips. Please do not misunderstand you all know some preachers will beat that scripture to death especially on the 1st and the 15th of the month. Read more
