The Bible commends saving and careful investing, and it warns against trusting in what has been saved. Proverbs praises the ant that stores food in summer (Proverbs 6:6-8), and Joseph stores a fifth of Egypt’s harvest ahead of a famine (Genesis 41:34-36). In the NIV, Ecclesiastes 11:2 advises spreading what you have across “seven ventures, yes, in eight.” The warnings fall on treasure kept on earth, where moths and thieves reach it (Matthew 6:19-21), on the rich man who plans…
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