The Cause of Poverty

23 In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty.

24 The crown of the wise is their riches, But the foolishness of fools is folly.

Prov 14:23-24 (NKJV)

6 “The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up.

7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.

8 He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. “For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He has set the world upon them.

1 Sam 2:6-8 (NKJV)