King Solomon

The House That Wisdom Built: Women in Investing

In the proverbs of Solomon as well as in many other literary works, virtues such as wisdom and justice are personified as women. “Wisdom hath built herself a house,” says the great King in Proverbs...

The Courts: Last Word In Foreclosures?

In many of the Proverbs of King Solomon, a house stands for many things: prosperity, stability and even qualities such as wisdom, or prudence. For Solomon, a house represents stability prosperity...

Wealth Has Its Privileges – and Higher Taxes

Although Solomon was a monarch of great wealth and power, and by Biblical accounts, one of the greatest of the ancient Israelite kings, his sayings in the Book of Proverbs suggest that he viewed the...

The Shadow Inventory and Housing Recovery

Among the principles for prosperous living stated by King Solomon in his Book of Proverbs is patience: “A faithful man shall be much praised, but he that maketh hast to be rich, shall not be...

Prudent Investing: Managing a Mortgage

King Solomon was revered for his wisdom, but the King also valued prudence – acting cautiously and with wisdom. “Get wisdom; get prudence. Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth,” he...

Tax Lien Sales: A Prudent Avenue for Investing?

King Solomon’s Proverbs speak again and again of the need to act with both wisdom and prudence. “”If thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence… though shalt understand the fear...

Bulk Home Sales: Equal Opportunities

Although King Solomon ruled his kingdom as an absolute monarch, there are indications that he was a believer in the equitable division of things. When two women came to him with a baby, each...