My grandma lived her girlhood through the Great Depression. Her mother had to sell her beloved piano to buy food: “We ate the piano,” Grandma would sometimes say. For many of us today, life is far different. Here are seven things the book of Proverbs teaches us about poverty and wealth, riches and want.

One need not be rich to be generous. True Christians are cloaked with the righteousness of Christ and their joy in their salvation pours out, even from deep poverty, into a wealth of generosity for others.