Bible Dictionary: Vanity: Following Those Given To, Leads to Poverty

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Nave's Topical Index

Proverbs 28:19
He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Nave's Topical Index

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Of the World, and those who are About to Believe, and those Who
... what avail, either to see the vanity of false ... Therefore Epicurus alone, following
the authority of Democritus ... way of virtue does not admit those carrying great ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap i of the world and.htm

Of the Very Foolish Lie of the Pagans, in Feigning that the ...
... the Holy Spirit, but, as impious vanity has feigned ... Now, in the following year, in
the consulate of ... increased, especially after many of those became Christians ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 54 of the very foolish.htm

Upon Our Lord's SermonOn the Mount
... be rendered, both in this and the following verses,) "are ... themselves; who are convinced
of sin; those to whom ... than he ought to think; the vanity, the thirst ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 21 upon our lords.htm

The Confessions of St. Augustin Index of Subjects
... symbolical of those given to carnal pleasures, 80 (note), [208]81. ... Intuitionists,
their "good" lies in following the dictates of conscience ... vanity of, [721]53. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/the confessions of st augustin.htm

The Christ of M. Renan.
... discovery that he was vain: wit and vanity are so ... done to an adversary; and the
following are the ... multiplication of examples would be irksome: those we have ...
/.../the romance of m renan and the christ of the gospels/the christ of m renan.htm

Letter xiv. Dress.
... then, may be summed up in the following particulars: 1. A ... to the indulgence of pride
and vanity, that you ... of dress are prescribed; especially for those who are ...
/.../newcomb/a practical directory for young christian females/letter xiv dress.htm

Hebrews ix. 5-Jan
... "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." ( Ecclesiastes 12:8 ... to think that in this and
the following paragraphs there ... to the Jewish High Priest and those that refer ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xv hebrews ix 5-jan.htm

Faustus Rejects the Old Testament Because it Leaves no Room for ...
... branches of the multitude preceding and following Him when ... reached the height of
folly, vanity, and worthlessness ... is always good: whether it hurts those who are ...
/.../faustus rejects the old testament.htm

Rom. viii. 12, 13
... sense the creation is "in bondage to vanity," and how ... And Daniel abode for twenty
days following without food ... will bring them forth, and praise those who have ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xiv rom viii 12.htm

Paul in Ephesus.
... The following words have been the subject of much controversy ... First, it demonstrated
the vanity of the magic, by ... Those books, over which they had wasted many a ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xxii paul in ephesus.htm