Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs
of the kingdom? (James 2 : 5.)
Riches a Blessing.
The rich man's wealth is his strong tower, but the destruction of
the poor is their poverty. (Prov. 10 : 15.)
If thou return unto the Almighty then thou shalt be built up.... Thou
shalt then lay up gold as dust. (Job 22 : 23, 24.)
So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning,
for he had 14,000 sheep, and 6,000 camels and a thousand yoke of oxen,
and a thousand she asses. (Job 42 : 12.)
Neither Poverty nor Riches a Blessing.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for
me; lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest
I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. (Prov. 30 :
8, 9.)
Wisdom a Source of Enjoyment.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom.... Her ways are ways of
pleasantness, and in her paths are peace. (Prov. 3 : 13, 17.)
Wisdom a Source of Vexation, Grief, and Sorrow.
And I gave my heart to know wisdom.... I perceived that this also
is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that
increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. (Eccl. 1 : 17, 18.)
A Good Name a Blessing.