The Wise Spending of Life and Money according in the Bible

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Wise Spending of Life:

Ecclesiastes 6:2 - There is a wrong spending of time of a man

Proverbs 23:20 - Dont associate with the drunkards

Proverbs 1:10-11, 1:14-15 - Dont associate with gamblers

Psalms 1:1 - Blessed is the man who never walks in the path of the wicked

Acts 20:24 - Life must be spend in a good duty

Mark 8:35 - Save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

Galatians 6:10 - Do good to all men especially to the fellow Christians

Proverbs 3:27 - Do your work w/o delay if you can do it right away

Ecclesiastes 9:10 - Do your responsibilities with the best you can

Ezra 7:23 and 1 Timothy 3:15 - Fulfill all God's laws at the house of God which is the Church of God.

Wise Spending of Money:

1 Corinthians 16:1-2 - Give of contributions on the first day of the week.

Isaiah 55:2 - Dont smoke cigar, pipe or cigarettes

2 Corinthians 9:7 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:8 - And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Luke 6:38 - God will be generous to those who knows how to give

Mark 5:7- So that God will have mercy on you.

WHY THERE IS A NEED TO COLLECT CONTRIBUTIONS?

Answer: To cover all the needs of the Church and to use it for the propagation of the words of God.

Matthew 10:42 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

2 Corinthians 12:15 - Willing to spend for the good benefit of the Christian brethen