Proverbs 14:31:
Proverbs has been clear here, here, and here that hard work is to be praised. But there is also a contrasting Biblical message to this. Old and New Testament followers of God are called to help the poor (here, here, and here). In fact, we are even to "pretend to be poor". So we should work hard and produce, so that we can spend our wealth on others, not ourselves.
31 Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
Proverbs has been clear here, here, and here that hard work is to be praised. But there is also a contrasting Biblical message to this. Old and New Testament followers of God are called to help the poor (here, here, and here). In fact, we are even to "pretend to be poor". So we should work hard and produce, so that we can spend our wealth on others, not ourselves.
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