Unit 2 Flashcards
According to Deuteronomy 8:1-9, God was bringing the Israelites to a land in which they would not lack what?
anything
As a result of the famine in Egypt during the time of Joseph the Egyptians were required to give what fraction of their crops to Pharaoh?
1/5
Deuteronomy 8:18 says that God gave the Israelites the power to make what?
wealth
What were the Israelites commanded to do with their fields every seven years?
To let it rest and not plant any crops
In Leviticus 25:15, God explained that in acquiring land, the Israelites were actually buying what?
the right to raise a certain number of crops on it
Were the Israelites permitted to charge interest on loans made to their fellow countrymen?
no
What was used when determining the price required to redeem an Israelite who sold himself to a foreigner?
How close it was to the Jubilee
The Israelites were commanded to leave the gleanings of their field for whom?
The foreigners and poor
An employer was to pay his hired men when?
At the end of every day
God’s blessing of Israel was always dependent on what?
their faithfulness
Whom did the elders of Israel approach to ask for a king?
Samuel
List the things the Lord warned Israel in 1 Samuel 8:10-18 that a king would take from them
- sons and daughters
- the best of their fields, vineyards, and olive groves
- 1/10 of their seed and vineyards
- male and female servants
- best young men
- donkeys
- 1/10 of flocks
- he would make them servants (themselves)
In addition to wisdom, what did the Lord give Solomon?
riches and honor
Who told Solomon that his wisdom and prosperity exceeded the report she had heard about him?
the queen of Sheba
What kingdom experienced great prosperity especially in the early part of the eighth century BC?
the northern kingdom of Israel
Amos 6:2 accuses Israel of selling the needy for what?
a pair of sandals
The Old Testament phrase “every man under his vine and fig tree” is used to describe what?
Security, prosperity, freedom, and property rights
Name 4 elements of the Biblical worldview according to Ronald Nash.
Owner and freedom, morality and sin
What does Walter Williams say are the only two ways in which something may be exchanged?
peacefully or violently
Does Nash believe that capitalism, socialism, or interventionism is the most moral system, the most effective system, and the most equitable system of economic exchange?
capitalism
What is the most important attitude to have concerning financial matters?
humility
What three things are mentioned in Proverbs 22:4 as being the reward of humility and the fear of the Lord?
Riches, honor, and life
According to Proverbs 13:18, what will come to him who neglects discipline?
poverty and shame
What does Proverbs 15:6 say is in the house of the righteous?
great wealth
What does the writer of Ecclesiastes conclude about the activities which his hands had done and the labor he had exerted?
it was vanity and striving after the wind
Before he saw their destruction, how did the Psalmist react to the prosperity of the wicked?
he was envious
Proverbs 23:4-5 warns us not to weary ourselves to gain wealth and tells us to cease form what?
thinking about it
Dave Thomas says that success comes through doing what?
the right things
What are the 4 basic groups of Thomas’ ingredients for success?
Inward, outward, upward, and onward
Who’s funeral did Thomas attend in Memphis in 1991?
Danny Thomas
What does Proverbs 11:1 day is an abomination to the Lord?
a false balance
According to Proverbs 11:1 what is a delight to the Lord?
a just weight
What does Proverbs 22:7 say the borrower becomes?
the lender’s slave
What is the modern term used for becoming surety for the debt of another?
co-signing for a loan
In Proverbs 6, the writer tells his son not even to do what before he delivers himself from being surety for his neighbor?
sleep
Proverbs 29:7 says that the righteous are concerned about the rights of whom?
the poor
According to Proverbs 19:20, what will be the reward of the man who is gracious to a poor man?
God will repay him
Proverbs 22:1 says that we should desire what more than great wealth?
a good name
The writer of Proverbs 30:7-9 asks the Lord not to give him what or what?
poverty or riches
What does Haggai 2:8 tell us belongs to the Lord?
gold and silver
