Proverbs 23:4 Labor not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Charles Ponzi, from which the term Ponzi scheme is derived, promised his prospective investors a 50% profit within 45 days, and a 100% profit within 90 days. As the saying goes, if it sounds too good to be true, it most likely isn’t true, as many of his clients would find out the hard way, for he also went from hero to zero.
The children of The Most High should avoid as much as possible being caught up in these diabolical evils, for at their core they constitute the devices of devils that are laid for the feet of the needy and greedy. Numerous and varied schemes are concocted and brewed in the depths of hell, and then sold to the multitudes by some smooth-talking human agent.
Gambling, Lotto, Horse racing, and the betting that takes place on major league games all have that one thing in common, namely, to get rich quick. And in our day it has become an oft occurrence for persons to lock themselves away in some basement, surfing the dark web for ways and means to try and phish out credit card numbers, with the collateral damage running into several billion each year.
Ecclesiastes 2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!