It is interesting to see the different social dynamics of a society. Given the same set of circumstances, the rich and the poor approach the matter differently.
"The poor uses entreaties, but the rich answers roughly." Proverbs 18:23, Amplified
There isn't much to be said about this verse. But as I stated earlier, the rich and the poor act differently given the same set of circumstances.
An entreaty is an "earnest and humble request". The poor has no power, it seems, to act on his own therefore he uses entreaties to come to his end. In other words he begs. The rich do not have it in them to beg. At their disposal is wealth and resource.
Notice, however, that the Bible condemns neither of the two. Jesus ministered to everyone, the rich and the poor alike. Though the two are on polar opposites of the spectrum, those boundaries never kept Him from ministering. It was those boundaries that kept men and women from receiving. The Bible never condemns either because people are people, no matter the social order. All of us use what is at our disposal.
I am a poor man. There have been times when I have used entreaties to exact money to help with different things. Am I condemned? No. Do I have a lack of faith? No. I feel a lack of faith is sitting and doing nothing, while waiting for something to happen.
Realize one thing, something is never derived out of nothing and nothing doesn't come from something.
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