Bible Dictionary: Riches: Figurative

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Revelation 3:18
I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness do not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
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The Figurative Language of Scripture.
... of this class of expositors, the maiming of the body is figurative language, and
so ... is, the friends whom ye have made by bestowing your earthly riches in deeds ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxv the figurative language.htm

Isaiah's Prophecies Considered the virginity of Christ's Mother a ...
... knowledge to cry, My father and My mother, He shall take away the riches of Damascus ...
follows that the passage in question must be deemed to be a figurative one ...
/.../chapter xiii isaiahs prophecies considered the.htm

Psalm LXXII.
... it is perceived, that the very word Salomon is used in a figurative sense, so ... even
blessed Job was poor even before he had lost those great earthly riches. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxii.htm

The Unjust Steward - Dives and Lazarus - Jewish Agricultural Notes ...
... in regard to their selfish use of the literal riches - their covetousness - and
in regard to their selfish use of the figurative riches: their Pharisaic ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xviii the unjust steward.htm

Paul a Pattern of Prayer
... Third: It is by no means a figurative expression, for if this were true there would
be ... ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/chapman/and judas iscariot/paul a pattern of prayer.htm

On Knowing Christ after the Flesh
... regard no man according to his former state, " his country, riches, power, or ... 3.
The meaning, then, of this strongly figurative expression appears to be no ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 117 on knowing christ.htm

Whether Sufficient Reason Can be Assigned for the Ceremonies ...
... Reply to Objection 6: Both literal and figurative reasons may be assigned for the
things ... left, according to Prov.3:16: "In her left hand (are) riches and glory ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether sufficient reason can be.htm

Divine Things Wrapped up in Figures Both in the Sacred and in ...
... But in using the figurative style, by transposing and transferring, by changing
and by ... Now wisdom, hard to hunt, is the treasures of God and unfailing riches. ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter iv divine things wrapped up.htm

The Disciples as Scribes.
... specially the characteristic of ignorant men, who are unskilled in figurative
interpretation and ... the new teaching of Christ Jesus, and has this riches laid up ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/14 the disciples as scribes.htm

The Teacher with Authority
... Nearly the whole range of figurative speech is represented in his recorded ... kingdom
readily understands this warning against the snare of riches, this rebuke of ...
/.../rhees/the life of jesus of nazareth/ii the teacher with authority.htm