Tag: Book of Proverbs
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When Good Debt Turns Bad
In a previous post, we took a look at why new and recent college graduates saddled with student loans are wary of taking on the traditional debts of adult life: car loans and mortgages. King Solomon recognized the connection between wisdom and the stability of houses. “Wisdom hath built herself a house,” he says in…
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Student Loan Debt: The High Price of Wisdom
For King Solomon, wisdom is priceless, worth more than any earthly riches. “My son,” he says in Proverbs 2: 1-5, “ If thou shalt call for wisdom and incline thy heart to prudence, if thou shalt seek her as money, then thou shalt find the knowledge of God.” But for new and recent US college…
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Terrorism Insurance? It All Depends
King Solomon had harsh words for the wicked, those who seek to harm others and entice them into evil deeds. Now, his Proverbs on the subject may speak especially clearly in the aftermath of last week’s events in Boston, where two homemade bombs killed three, injured 170 and sparked a manhunt that riveted not just…
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Mortgage Settlement Checks Reach Victims – Only to Bounce
King Solomon advocated equitable dealing with others, and a respect for the poor – who, according to his Proverbs, were more virtuous than the greedy rich. “The blessing of the Lord is upon he head of the just,” the King says in Proverbs 10:6, “but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked/” Today, victims of…
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Changing Demographics, New Views on Home Buying?
A home is more than just four walls and a roof. “Owning a home is the keystone of wealth, both financial affluence and emotional security,” says financial guru Suze Orman. And as we’ve noted in previous posts, King Solomon also recognized the many important values a house represents, as he shows us in Proverbs 9:1…
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Gold Prices Down, Interest Rates Up?
Since ancient times, gold has set the standard for value and beauty. King Solomon understood its worth, using it as a metaphor for greatly prized knowledge and wisdom in his many proverbs. “Like an earring of fine gold or an ornament of fine gold is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear,”…
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Avoid the Enticements: 10 Signs of Real Estate Scams
King Solomon’s advice for prosperity and a righteous life involves numerous warnings against the enticement of sinners and the wicked. In today’s housing market, those warnings remain valid, as scams and frauds target all aspects of the real estate market. So, because these schemes can so easily trap the unwary, we’ll wrap up this intermittent…
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Mortgage Relief Scams: Enticing Vulnerable Homeowners?
King Solomon’s proverbs encourage the wise and prudent to avoid the machinations of the wicked. “My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them,” the monarch says in Proverbs 1:10. For desperate homeowners threatened with foreclosure, the enticements of scammers to help with mortgage relief can seem appealing. And with a variety of…
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Major Lenders Get an Image Overhaul
The Bible has always taken a dim view of moneylenders and those who attempt to deceive the righteous. In his proverbs, King Solomon warns, “the mouth of the wicked utterth perverse things.” (Proverbs 10:32) For many in today’s financial world, moneylenders and the wicked are represented by the nation’s major banks, whose history of fraudulent…
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Real Estate Scams and Schemes: Traps for the Unwise
The Proverbs of King Solomon are meant to be “an exhortation to flee the company of the wicked, and to hearken to the voice of wisdom,“ as the monarch says in the first chapter. And “a wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser,” he adds in Proverbs 1:5. And keeping the wise king’s words…