Help yourself?

"Three quarters of Americans believe the Bible teaches that 'God helps
those who help themselves.' That is, three out of four Americans
believe that this uber-American idea, a notion at the core of our
current individualist politics and culture, which was in fact uttered
by Ben Franklin, actually appears in Holy Scripture. The thing is, not
only is Franklin's wisdom not biblical; it's counter-biblical. Few
ideas could be further from the gospel message, with its radical
summons to love of neighbor."

- Author Bill McKibben, in his Harper's magazine essay, "The Christian
Paradox"

Source: Harper's Magazine