Bragging On Jesus

Proverbs in 365 Devotions For more go to braggingonjesus.com Proverbs 10:2 Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. Keep Your Treasures Without Profit! Robin Aylor Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit... This almost seems to contradict itself... I mean if you gained treasures didn’t you profit? Let’s try to get a handle on what Solomon is saying... First, if we save money by falsifying taxes; if we take advantage of the poor and unlearned; even if we accept a praise under false pretense or that we don’t deserve... we are accepting some kind of treasure by wickedness. The truth is… wickedness is a non-profit organization... And that does not mean we should donate to it. But it is just a bad career choice... we probably have all know evil people who are rich and might disagree with this verse... but wickedness always ends in the worst kind of poverty. So... what are the treasures of wickedness which do not profit? These are the treasures of the world t