Proverbs 12:11 Whoever works his land
will have plenty of bread,but he who follows worthless
pursuits lacks sense.
12 Whoever is wicked covets the spoil
of evildoers, but the root of the righteous bears
fruit.14 From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
These verses aptly shows the difference
between socialism and capitalism. “Capitalists” were”heads”
of estates with “chattel” (cattle) as defined in the original
Latin. Agrarian capitalism is when men owned their own house and
property and received this property by industry (hard work) free of
government intervention (excessive regulation). A man's home and
property were sacred and were protected from aggression.
Socialism is best defined by
“redistribution of the wealth” without regard to the labor it
took in bringing the opportunity into fruition.
Whoever works (the capitalist) will
prosper. Whoever pursues the wealth of the others is ignorant (verse
11). Theft of what belongs to others is a sin “Thou shall not
steal”. He is unmotivated and a sluggard!
If a person (a socialist) covets even
the wealth of an evil rich man, that person himself is wicked! If
that person is righteous (loves the will of God) he himself will
prosper (verse 12). Covetous is a violation of God's commandment
(sin is against God).
A wise man will be satisfied with good.
His own hard work will make him prosperous (verse 14).
Those who want to live off the work of
others (socialists) justify that sin (foolishness): “I deserve what
others work for. That's only fair”. It's the government's
responsibility to insure equal outcomes without regard to effort.
However, a wise man depends only on God and himself realizing that
the “god” of government is a false provider. The government can
only take away, it cannot create wealth. God and hard work creates
prosperity.
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