Dinheiro
O dinheiro é ferramenta que pode ser usada para o bem ou para o mal. A Bíblia nos ensina a administrar recursos com sabedoria, generosidade e temor ao Senhor.
Perspectiva bíblica
Guardai-vos da avareza. A vida não consiste na abundância de bens. O dinheiro é servo, nunca senhor.
And He said to them, "Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
When you glance at wealth, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
be wise enough to restrain yourself.
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Administrar com sabedoria
Honra ao Senhor com as tuas primícias. O sábio administra seus recursos com prudência e visão de eternidade.
Honor the LORD with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
The blessing of the LORD enriches,
and He adds no sorrow to it.
Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing,
but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Dishonest wealth will dwindle,
but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold!
To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
A good name is more desirable than great riches;
favor is better than silver and gold.
Better a little with the fear of the LORD
than great treasure with turmoil.
The desire of a man is loving devotion;
better to be poor than a liar.
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Perigos e armadilhas
Quem quer enriquecer cai em tentação. Fuja do amor ao dinheiro e busque contentamento no Senhor.
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said:
"Never will I leave you,
never will I forsake you."
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath,
but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;
it is like a high wall in his imagination.
Tudo vem de Deus
De ti vem tudo, e das tuas mãos to damos. Os tributos são devidos — dai a César o que é de César e a Deus o que é de Deus.
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
Better is the little of the righteous
than the abundance of many who are wicked.
For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
but the LORD upholds the righteous.
I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies
as much as in all riches.