1. textbox center The Proverbs Plan to Avoid Poverty Proverbs 3:9-10, 13-18; et. al.

2. textbox center 1. There is a Proverbs plan to avoid poverty.

3. textbox center Better to be poor and honest than rich and crooked. Proverbs 28:6 NLT The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich and he adds no sorrow with it. Proverbs 10:22 NLT

4. textbox center 1. There is a Proverbs plan to avoid poverty. 2. God blesses the righteous materially.

5. textbox center The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. 10:3 The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all. 22:2 KJV The faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished. 28:20

6. textbox center Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim with new wine. Proverbs 3:9-10

7. textbox center 1. There is a Proverbs plan to avoid poverty. 2. God blesses the righteous materially. 3. Foolishness brings poverty.

8. textbox center A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man. Proverbs 6:10-11

9. textbox center 1. There is a Proverbs plan to avoid poverty. 2. God blesses the righteous materially. 3. Foolishness brings poverty. a. Idleness brings poverty.

10. textbox center A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. A wise youth harvests in the summer, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a disgrace. Proverbs 10:4-5

11. textbox center He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no sense. 12:11 Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn their ways and become wise! Though they have no prince or governor to make them work, they labor all summer, gathering food for the winter. 6:6-11

12. textbox center 1. There is a Proverbs plan to avoid poverty. 2. God blesses the righteous materially. 3. Foolishness brings poverty. a. Idleness brings poverty. b. The pursuit of pleasure brings poverty.

13. textbox center He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich. Proverbs 21:17

14. textbox center 1. There is a Proverbs plan to avoid poverty. 2. God blesses the righteous materially. 3. Foolishness brings poverty. a. Idleness brings poverty. b. The pursuit of pleasure brings poverty. c. Gluttony brings poverty.

15. textbox center In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but the foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20

16. textbox center And put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. Proverbs 23:2

17. textbox center 1. There is a Proverbs plan to avoid poverty. 2. God blesses the righteous materially. 3. Foolishness brings poverty. a. Idleness brings poverty. b. The pursuit of pleasure brings poverty. c. Gluttony brings poverty. d. Borrowing and co-signing bring poverty.

18. textbox center The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a servant to the lender. Proverbs 22:7

19. textbox center He who puts up security for another will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to strike hands in pledge is safe. Proverbs 11:15

20. textbox center My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge for another, if you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth, then do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbors hands: Go and humble yourself; press your plea with your neighbor! Allow no sleep to come to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids. Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. 6:1-5

21. textbox center 1. There is a Proverbs plan to avoid poverty. 2. God blesses the righteous materially. 3. Foolishness brings poverty. a. Idleness brings poverty. b. The pursuit of pleasure brings poverty. c. Gluttony brings poverty. d. Borrowing and co-signing bring poverty. 4. Indifference, oppression and injustice are systemic poverty producers.