Proverbs 11:15
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that has invented a thousand and one clever ways to go into debt, and then a thousand and one even more clever ways to pretend that debt is not a problem. Our entire economic system is a vast, teetering edifice built on credit, leverage, and the optimistic assumption that tomorrow will always pay for the follies of today. We are encouraged, from our first credit card in college to our last reverse mortgage, to live on promises. We are told that leveraging what we do not have is the key to getting what we want. And so, when we come to a text like this one in Proverbs, it strikes our modern ears as quaint, perhaps a little harsh, and certainly out of step with the times. It sounds like something your stern grandfather would say, not something a modern financial advisor would recommend.