Dívidas
As dívidas podem escravizar, mas a Bíblia nos ensina princípios de sabedoria financeira: não se endividar imprudentemente, pagar o que se deve e confiar em Deus como provedor.
O devedor é servo do credor
O rico domina sobre o pobre, e o que toma emprestado é servo do que empresta. A Bíblia convida à liberdade financeira.
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Do not withhold good from the deserving
when it is within your power to act.
Dishonest wealth will dwindle,
but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Princípios financeiros
Pagai a todos o que lhes é devido. Deus promete que o justo não será desamparado e que a bênção virá sobre os obedientes.
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.
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous are gracious and giving.
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?
Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Contentamento
Seja o vosso viver sem ganância, contentando-vos com o que tendes. O Senhor é suficiente — não nos desamparará.
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."
When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.