From “Legacy: Wisdom of African Traditions and the Bible” by Chris Morehouse; forward by Therese Taylor-Stinson
The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth,
-Yoruba (Nigeria)
Do not permit passion and wealth to rule you.
-Swahili (Kenya and Tanzania)
Greed never finishes.
-Swahili (Kenya and Tanzania)
More and more you want, may God help you.
-Swahili (Kenya and Tanzania)
He is a man that looks after money as a bird looks after locusts.
-Kikuyu (Kenya)
Great riches are a heavy burden.
-Setswana (Botswana and South Africa)
Much wealth pushes the owner toward death.
-Oromo (Ethiopia)
Compare to the following:
Do not store up treasures for yourself on earth.
-Matthew 6:19
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
-1 Timothy 6:10
Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.
-Luke 12:15