Scripture teaches that believers should prioritize providing for their families and planning for the future. According to 1 Timothy 5:8, those who do not provide for their own households are worse than unbelievers. The Bible also cautions against excessive worry about tomorrow, as seen in Matthew 6:34, and instead encourages wise planning, as noted in Proverbs 13:22 and Proverbs 15:22. Additionally, 2 Corinthians 12:14 reminds believers that they have a responsibility to care for one another, reflecting a broader theme of mutual support and provision.
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If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds; for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise: The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs. Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand. For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.