The Bible clearly speaks to both issues (inheritance and sloth). Leaving something to our posterity should not be interpreted as a free ticket to laziness. Paul wrote in II Thess. 3 that if a man will not work (with the caveat that he is physically able to do so) then he should not eat (be given a hand-out); he also asserted that if a man does not take care of his own family he is worse than an infidel (I Tim. 5:8).

So, in summation, I think the Scriptures plainly teach both–leaving an inheritance and instilling a work ethic–and they are not mutually exclusive.

I look forward to a longer Matt dissertation on this subject Oh, here is my bible verse for this post:

SOS 1: 5 Dark am I, yet lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the tent curtains of Solomon.

6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,
because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother’s sons were angry with me
and made me take care of the vineyards;
my own vineyard I have neglected.

Primarily, I just wanted to poke back at those folks who give me a hard time about my beard.

However, for anyone interested in a sermon on the topic–it’s really interesting, I promise–click the link below:

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1210362019

Maybe Clement was just a really hairy guy who needed a way to defend himself against all the women in his life who really didn’t like all that hair!