1. Wise Work

2. Proverbs 3:5-6 (p.482) Commit your actions to the LORD, and your plans will succeed. Prov 16:3

3. Work with Him Work hard. Prov 6:6-11
Laziness: 10:26; 18:9; 21:25; 26:16
How to work: 20:23; 16:11; 15:27; 22:29; 16:8; 11:4, 28
Work as if you were working for God.

5. Work with Him Success and Security
Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich. Prov 10:4
Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave. Prov 12:24
Do you see any truly competent workers?
They will serve kings
rather than working for ordinary people. Prov 22:29
A hard worker has plenty of food,
but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty. Prov 28:19

6. Wealth with Him Security
The wealth of the rich is their fortress; the poverty of the poor is their destruction. 10:15 (also 18:11; 13:8; 14:20; 22:7; 18:23)
Prov 11:4 – ultimate security is from God.

7. Wealth with Him Budget and Plan with God. Prov 27:23-27
Be cautious about debt (22:7)
Will you invite God into your finances?

8. Wealth with Him Help Others with God. Fight injustice.
A poor person’s farm may produce much food, but injustice sweeps it all away. Prov 13:23 (also 31:8-9)

9. Wealth with Him Help Others with God. Fight injustice.
Pass on the hard lessons about hard work.

10. It’s poor judgment to guarantee another person’s debt or put up security for a friend. Prov 17:18 An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. Prov 20:21 NASB The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them. 28:22 NIV

11. Wealth with Him Help Others with God. Fight injustice.
Pass on the hard lessons about hard work.
Give generously. Prov 28:27
Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor. Prov 22:9

12. Wise Work