Unit 2 Flashcards
(40 cards)
According to Deuteronomy 8:1-9, God was bringing the Israelites to a land in which they would not lack what?
anything
As a result of the famine in Egypt during the time of Joseph the Egyptians were required to give what fraction of their crops to Pharaoh?
1/5
Deuteronomy 8:18 says that God gave the Israelites the power to make what?
wealth
What were the Israelites commanded to do with their fields every seven years?
To let it rest and not plant any crops
In Leviticus 25:15, God explained that in acquiring land, the Israelites were actually buying what?
the right to raise a certain number of crops on it
Were the Israelites permitted to charge interest on loans made to their fellow countrymen?
no
What was used when determining the price required to redeem an Israelite who sold himself to a foreigner?
How close it was to the Jubilee
The Israelites were commanded to leave the gleanings of their field for whom?
The foreigners and poor
An employer was to pay his hired men when?
At the end of every day
God’s blessing of Israel was always dependent on what?
their faithfulness
Whom did the elders of Israel approach to ask for a king?
Samuel
List the things the Lord warned Israel in 1 Samuel 8:10-18 that a king would take from them
- sons and daughters
- the best of their fields, vineyards, and olive groves
- 1/10 of their seed and vineyards
- male and female servants
- best young men
- donkeys
- 1/10 of flocks
- he would make them servants (themselves)
In addition to wisdom, what did the Lord give Solomon?
riches and honor
Who told Solomon that his wisdom and prosperity exceeded the report she had heard about him?
the queen of Sheba
What kingdom experienced great prosperity especially in the early part of the eighth century BC?
the northern kingdom of Israel
Amos 6:2 accuses Israel of selling the needy for what?
a pair of sandals
The Old Testament phrase “every man under his vine and fig tree” is used to describe what?
Security, prosperity, freedom, and property rights
Name 4 elements of the Biblical worldview according to Ronald Nash.
Owner and freedom, morality and sin
What does Walter Williams say are the only two ways in which something may be exchanged?
peacefully or violently
Does Nash believe that capitalism, socialism, or interventionism is the most moral system, the most effective system, and the most equitable system of economic exchange?
capitalism
What is the most important attitude to have concerning financial matters?
humility
What three things are mentioned in Proverbs 22:4 as being the reward of humility and the fear of the Lord?
Riches, honor, and life
According to Proverbs 13:18, what will come to him who neglects discipline?
poverty and shame
What does Proverbs 15:6 say is in the house of the righteous?
great wealth
