God's Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs

by Timothy J. Keller

Half of the times the Hebrew word for wealth is used in Proverbs, we are told to prize it. Strikingly, the other half of the times the word is used, we are told not to trust it (12:27, 13:7, 19:14, 29:3, cf. 19:4).