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Whatever the question, the answer is in Proverbs! No book of the Bible gives Christians more practical advice than Proverbs. It covers personal problems like sex, ambition, anxiety, fear, money; family matters such as marriage, parenting, discipline and education; social questions like neighborliness, friendship, disputes and litigation; and even politics, both from the ruler’s and citizen’s...

Verse 11 gives us two ways of making money and two ways of using it. It can be made dishonestly (literally ‘by vanity’) or little by little (literally ‘by hand’). This seems like a contrast between earned and unearned income. The latter might be made dishonestly—by theft or sharp practice; by gambling, which fits ‘vanity’ quite well, indicating a very easy way of making money; or more respectably by inheritance. It is all comparatively easy money. As for its use, ‘easy come, easy go’. For the type
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