Bible Dictionary: Riches: Deceitful

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Matthew 13:22
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that hears the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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Thoughts Upon Worldly-Riches. Sect. Ii.
... Luke 16:9. that is, distribute and employ the unrighteous or deceitful Riches you
have in this World in such a way as is most pleasing and acceptable unto God ...
/.../private thoughts upon a christian life/thoughts upon worldly-riches sect ii.htm

Sown among Thorns
... the deceitfulness of riches." Our Lord does not say "riches," but "the deceitfulness
of riches." The two things grow together: riches are evermore deceitful. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 34 1888/sown among thorns.htm

Of the Despising of the World
... He will despise youth and will keep his strength for God; riches he counts for nought;
he will take heed that this fairness is vain, and grace deceitful. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter ii of the despising.htm

Second Great Group of Parables.
... [The word "unrighteous" is here used to mean deceitful, as opposed to true. Worldly
riches deceive us by being temporal and transitory, while the true riches ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xcii second great group of 5.htm

The First Commandment
... It is a foolish thing to trust in them. They are deceitful riches, and it is
foolish to trust to that which will deceive us. Matthew 13:22. ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 1 the first commandment.htm

That God's Lover Forsakes the World, Idleness and Irksomeness: and ...
... Yet when they abound in riches and are fed with riches, they say they eat ... Deceitful
also are they, because they have worldly wisdom; and they beguile by that ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter x that gods lover.htm

O God My God, what Miseries and Mockeries did I Now Experience...
... proper in a boy, in order that in this world I might prosper, and excel in
tongue-science, which should serve to the "praise of men," and to deceitful riches. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter ix o god my.htm

Concerning the Hatred of Learning, the Love of Play, and the Fear ...
... my boyhood, that I might flourish in this world, and distinguish myself in the science
of speech, which should get me honour amongst men, and deceitful riches! ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter ix concerning the hatred of.htm

On Helping the Poor.
... and unjust publicans, and those that deceive by false balances and deceitful measures,
and ... says: "Better is a little to the righteous, than much riches of the ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec i on helping the poor.htm

Whether a Religious Order Should be Established for the Purpose of ...
... riches, wherefore it is written (Wis.7:8): "I . . . esteemed riches nothing in ... we
should not overlook those whom heretics delude by the deceitful assurance of ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a religious order should 2.htm