Proverbs 11:28

The book of Proverbs gives us insights into so many different areas of life. The book gives us instruction on how to live our lives for God. Here is a proverb that gives us insight about riches:

Proverbs 11:28 (ESV)

Whoever trusts in his riches will fall,

but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

Proverbs has much to say about money and personal finances.   It never condemns money, however.  It does condemn the trust in money that often happens with those who have it.  Actually, those who don't have it also seem to trust in it because they "believe" if they have it, life would be better.   God does not want anything to come between us and Him.  If our job comes between our relationship with God, that is the same as trusting money since our jobs are used to earn money.   Trusting in jobs, savings, money and the such is one way to fail in life.  We are not to make it our fortress, yet many do; See Proverbs 10:15.   On the converse side of this the righteous (those who trust in God and Him alone) will flourish like a green leaf (see Psalm 1:3 and Jeremiah 17:7-8).   God promises to make the righteous "flourish".   The word is often translated as "sprout."   The righteous brings forth something; something worthy.  The one who trusts God will have God as his root.   When you are rooted in God's Word and your faith is in God you will begin to grow ... like a green leaf.   God wants us to flourish.  The passage-way to that flourishing is not hard work or good luck.   The passage-way is faith in God and not to trust riches and wealth.    God does not condemn riches.  He just wants us to know that when we trust in Him our life will be like a green leaf in the spring.