Principle 8: Beware of the Stingy
Stingy: Reluctant to give or spend; not truthfully generous; meanly or ungenerously small or scanty. There are all kinds of "givers" in this world - some give with a genuine heart; others give with strings attached; still others put on the show of giving, but their heart is definitely not in it. Scripture tells us God loves a cheerful giver - one who has learned to give without strings attached and from a genuine desire to meet the needs of another or to share the blessings of one's own life so another may be blessed. As Solomon lays out these principles for living which are designed to give us a good foundation for our lives, he spends a little more time reminding us about the attitude of heart we are to exhibit. He seems to focus a great deal on this idea of "genuineness" or "truthfulness". Maybe this is because the degree of truthfulness we have in our daily dealings with others is comparable to how well we are being truthful in our relations