King Solomon’s great prize of wisdom comes from learning – accepting the instruction of wise teachers and taking correction from the mistakes of the past. “He that loveth correction, loveth...
Month: May 2013
The Federal Reserve Securities Buyup: Past Its Season?
“For every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” So goes one of the most famous passages from King Solomon’s Book of Ecclesiastes. These first verses of Chapter 3...
When Getting Credit Creates Bad Credit
The wise King Solomon advocated industry, thrift and hard work as ways to create a prosperous life. His Proverbs point out the connections between personal responsibility and a Godly life –...
Mortgage Brokers Can Get a Good Deal – Sometimes
King Solomon’s enduring words of wisdom about prudence, virtue and the need to avoid the lying and the deceitful apply to all aspects of living a virtuous, Godly lie. And as we’ve pointed out in...
Banks Learn From the Past – and Harm the Recovery?
King Solomon’s proverbs emphasize again and again the vital importance of wisdom and prudence in living a live blessed by God. One key to acquiring wisdom, he says, is accepting correction from...
Owning a Home: Damaging the Economy?
Even in King Solomon’s time, houses represented stability, prosperity –and even wisdom, as we’ve seen in proverbs such as 9:1, “Wisdom hath built herself a house,” the King extols the virtues of a...
No “Choice Silver”: More Apologies to Mortgage Fraud Victims
One of the hallmarks of leading a virtuous life blessed by God is dealing equitably and fairly with others, according to King Solomon. “The tongue of the just is as choice silver,” he says in...
The Wise Heed the Advice of the Wiser
In his many proverbs about the virtues of wisdom and the value of living a wise and prudent life, King Solomon speaks frequently about the importance of “wise counsel” – learning from those with...
Learning from the Past: A New Housing Bubble?
As King Solomon tells us again and again in his Proverbs, wisdom is the foundation for a rich life graced by God. And one way to gain wisdom is to learn from the mistakes of the past. “Fools despise...
The Fed’s Bond Buyup: Propping Up the People?
Among his many wise words on living a prosperous and Godly life, King Solomon also spoke in his proverbs about obligations of monarchs and governors for the well being of their people. “Where there...