Bible and Generational Wealth
Lately I've been pondering about this verse:
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children. Pro 13:22 ESV
There's always this mindset in the church that poverty is Godly, money is evil and God looks to penniless people with approval. But that is a perversion of the word of God, just like prosperity gospel.
As someone who worked his butt off to get out of poverty, there's always this voice in my head that my work is "secular, not godly". But people who glorify poverty often don't earn money either, even become financial burden to the "secular worker". I can think of a few relatives, men and women, able bodied, who fit this profile.
The bible even taught us to leave generational wealth to our descendants. But some Christians leave generational trauma instead.
This realization kinda made me angry, that this perverted mindset has become a cancer in Christianity. Our work should be glorifying God, no matter what industry we are in, as long as it's not illegal.
Does anyone else have similar experience?
Posted Mar 4, 2026, 10:40 PM UTC