A BACHELOR PREPARING TO WED DOESN’T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A MONEY-BAG BUT MUST BE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED, HAVE THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO WORK AND HAVE A HOUSE OF HIS OWN.
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.” – Proverbs 6: 6-11
“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” – Proverbs 22: 29
“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.” – 2 Thessalonians 3: 10
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.” – 1 Timothy 5: 8
