Part of the deal in reading and understanding Solomon proverbs is that you have to embrace righteousness as a desirable characteristic. If you can’t do that, everything else is simply a waste of time. Righteousness decrees that no matter how enticing a sinner is, no matter how your weak flesh and mind beg you to succumb, you cannot do so, and perhaps nowhere is the concept of sinners and sin more obvious than the financial arena. It seems that all the worst aspects of human nature surface in a boiling brew when money is involved.
