True Riches
(1 Timothy 6:17–19; James 5:1–6)
Saying 7
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Gen 43:32-34Jud 1:12
consider carefully what is set before you, 1
and put a knife to your throat Php 3:19Mat 18:8-91Co 9:27
if you possess a great appetite.
Do not crave his delicacies, Pro 23:6Luk 21:34Psa 141:4Dan 1:8Eph 4:22
for that food is deceptive.
Saying 8
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; Heb 13:5Pro 28:201Ti 6:8-10Mat 6:19Pro 3:5Jhn 6:27Pro 15:27Rom 12:16
be wise enough to restrain yourself.
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, Pro 27:241Jn 2:161Ti 6:17Jas 5:1-2Mat 6:19Psa 119:36-37Ecc 12:8Gen 42:36
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Saying 9
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, 2 Pro 23:3Psa 141:4Dan 1:8-10Deu 15:9Mat 20:15Deu 28:56Pro 22:9Pro 28:22
and do not crave his delicacies;
for he is keeping track, Psa 12:2Psa 55:21Jdg 16:15Mat 9:3-4Luk 11:37-54Luk 7:39Dan 11:27Pro 19:22
inwardly counting the cost. 3
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up what little you have eaten
and waste your pleasant words.
Saying 10
Do not speak to a fool, Pro 9:7-8Mat 7:6Pro 26:4-5Pro 1:71Co 1:21-24Act 13:45-46Act 28:25-28Isa 36:21
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Saying 11
Do not move an ancient boundary stone Pro 22:28Zec 7:10Deu 27:17Jas 1:27Jer 22:3Deu 19:14Job 24:2-3Jer 7:5
or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
for their Redeemer is strong; Pro 22:23Job 19:25Deu 27:19Exo 22:22-24Psa 12:5Jer 51:36Jer 50:33-34
He will take up their case against you.
Saying 12
Apply your heart to instruction Pro 5:1-2Pro 2:2-6Jas 1:21-25Pro 23:19Ezk 33:31Mat 13:52Pro 22:17
and your ears to words of knowledge.
Saying 13
Do not withhold discipline from a child; Pro 13:24Pro 19:18Pro 29:15Pro 29:17
although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Strike him with a rod, 1Co 11:321Co 5:5Pro 22:15
and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
Saying 14
My son, if your heart is wise, Pro 23:24-252Jn 1:43Jn 1:3-4Pro 29:3Zep 3:171Jn 2:11Th 3:8-9Jhn 15:11
my own heart will indeed rejoice.
My inmost being 4will rejoice Pro 8:6Eph 5:4Col 4:4Eph 4:29Jas 3:2
when your lips speak what is right.
Saying 15
Do not let your heart envy sinners, Pro 28:142Co 7:1Pro 15:161Pe 1:17Act 9:31Ecc 5:7Psa 37:1-3Pro 3:31
but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
For surely there is a future, Heb 10:35Jer 29:11Psa 9:18Php 1:20Pro 24:14Pro 24:20Rom 6:21-22Psa 37:37
and your hope will not be cut off.
Saying 16
Listen, my son, and be wise, Pro 23:26Pro 23:12Pro 4:10-23Pro 6:6Pro 9:6
and guide your heart on the right course.
Do not join those who drink too much wine Eph 5:18Luk 21:34Isa 5:22Rom 13:131Pe 4:3-4Isa 22:13Isa 5:11Luk 15:13
or gorge themselves on meat.
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, Pro 21:17Php 3:19Pro 19:151Co 5:11Deu 21:20Gal 5:21Pro 6:9-111Co 6:10
and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Saying 17
Listen to your father who gave you life, Pro 30:17Pro 1:8Jhn 19:26-27Eph 6:1-2Pro 6:20Deu 27:16Deu 21:18-21Lev 19:3
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Invest in truth and never sell it— Pro 18:15Mat 13:44Psa 119:72Pro 16:16Heb 11:26Isa 55:1Php 3:7-8Pro 10:1
in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, Pro 10:1Pro 15:20Pro 23:15-16Pro 29:3Phm 1:20Phm 1:91Ki 2:1-31Ki 2:9
and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
May your father and mother be glad, Pro 17:25Luk 1:58Luk 11:27-281Ch 4:9-10Luk 1:40-47Luk 1:31-33
and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Saying 18
My son, give me your heart, Psa 119:2Psa 119:9-11Deu 6:5Mat 10:37-38Pro 4:25-27Pro 3:1Pro 4:232Co 5:14-15
and let your eyes delight in my ways.
For a prostitute is a deep pit, Pro 22:14
and an adulteress 5is a narrow well.
Like a robber she lies in wait Ecc 7:261Co 10:8Hos 4:11Pro 7:12Pro 22:14Rev 17:1-2Jer 3:2Pro 2:16-19
and multiplies the faithless among men.
Saying 19
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Eph 5:181Sa 25:36-372Sa 13:28Isa 28:7-8Isa 5:11Isa 5:22Luk 12:45-46Pro 23:21
Who has contentions? Who has complaints?
Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Those who linger over wine, Eph 5:18Isa 5:11Pro 20:1Amo 6:6Pro 9:2Psa 75:8Gen 9:21
who go to taste mixed drinks.
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, 1Jn 2:16Psa 119:372Sa 11:2Mrk 9:47Pro 6:25Job 33:1Mat 5:28-30
when it sparkles in the cup
and goes down smoothly.
In the end it bites like a snake Isa 28:3Isa 28:7-8Luk 16:25-26Amo 5:19Amo 9:3Ecc 10:8Exo 7:12Exo 7:5-6
and stings like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things, Jud 1:12-13Hos 7:5Pro 2:12Pro 31:5Dan 5:4Gen 19:32-38Psa 69:12
and your mind will utter perversities.
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas 1Th 5:2-71Ki 16:91Sa 30:16-172Sa 13:28Luk 17:27-29Luk 21:34Mat 24:381Sa 25:33-38
or lying on the top of a mast:
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! Jer 5:3Isa 56:121Co 15:32-342Pe 2:22Isa 22:13Pro 26:11Pro 27:22Deu 29:19
They beat me, but I did not know it!
When can I wake up
to search for another drink?”