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 went on to say to them all, "Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be."
For your heart will always be where your riches are.
‘Well done, you good and faithful servant!’ said his master. ‘You have been faithful in managing small amounts, so I will put you in charge of large amounts. Come on in and share my happiness!’
Your money can be gone in a flash, as if it had grown wings and flown away like an eagle.
Be wise enough not to wear yourself out trying to get rich.
If you love money, you will never be satisfied; if you long to be rich, you will never get all you want. It is useless.
Administrar com sabedoria
Honra ao Senhor com as tuas primícias. O sábio administra seus recursos com prudência e visão de eternidade.
Honor the Lord by making him an offering from the best of all that your land produces.
It is the Lord's blessing that makes you wealthy. Hard work can make you no richer.
Wealth you get by dishonesty will do you no good, but honesty can save your life.
The more easily you get your wealth, the sooner you will lose it. The harder it is to earn, the more you will have.
It is better—much better—to have wisdom and knowledge than gold and silver.
If you have to choose between a good reputation and great wealth, choose a good reputation.
Better to be poor and fear the Lord than to be rich and in trouble.
It is a disgrace to be greedy; poor people are better off than liars.
keep me from lying, and let me be neither rich nor poor. So give me only as much food as I need.
Perigos e armadilhas
Quem quer enriquecer cai em tentação. Fuja do amor ao dinheiro e busque contentamento no Senhor.
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and are caught in the trap of many foolish and harmful desires, which pull them down to ruin and destruction.
Command those who are rich in the things of this life not to be proud, but to place their hope, not in such an uncertain thing as riches, but in God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment.
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never leave you; I will never abandon you."
Riches will do you no good on the day you face death, but honesty can save your life.
Rich people, however, imagine that their wealth protects them like high, strong walls around a city.
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.
"Yet my people and I cannot really give you anything, because everything is a gift from you, and we have only given back what is yours already.
Pay, then, what you owe them; pay them your personal and property taxes, and show respect and honor for them all.
That is also why you pay taxes, because the authorities are working for God when they fulfill their duties.
The little that a good person owns
is worth more than the wealth of all the wicked,
because the Lord will take away the strength of the wicked,
but protect those who are good.
I delight in following your commands
more than in having great wealth.