Inspirational Quotations
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Investing

There are many inspirational quotations and famous sayings about money and investing. However, too many investors treat their "investments" like gambling chips. They buy this stock or that stock based on some rumor from a good friend without doing due diligence and proper research. The Bible has very strong words for people like that. It calls them fools! And yet the Bible also says that there are things to seek after that will yield greater returns than any investment in the market.

Proverbs 3:13-14
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. (NIV)

Proverbs 11:14
For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure. (NIV)

Proverbs 15:14
The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly. (NIV)

Proverbs 15:22
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. (NIV)

Proverbs 19:2
It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way. (NIV)

Proverbs 23:12
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. (NIV)

Proverbs 24:6
for waging war you need guidance, and for victory many advisers. (NIV)

Proverbs 24:27
Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house. (NIV)

Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished. (NIV)

Ecclesiastes 11:2
Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. (NIV)

Matthew 6:19-21
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (NIV)