A Financial Safeguard
How many a man might have escaped financial failure and ruin by heeding the warnings, so often repeated and emphasized in the Scriptures:—
“He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.”[[186]]
“Wealth gotten in haste shall be diminished; but he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.”[[187]]
“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.”[[188]]
“The borrower is servant to the lender.”[[188]]
“He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; and he that hateth suretyship is sure.”[[188]]
“Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless; for their Redeemer is mighty; He shall plead their cause with thee.” “He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.” “Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.”[[189]]
Basis of Confidence