Bible Dictionary: Riches: Often Lead to Violence

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Micah 6:12
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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The Danger of Riches
... Riches, either desired or possessed, naturally lead to some or ... It was often as an
arrow from the hand of a ... O ye gainers, lovers, possessors of riches, one more ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 87 the danger of.htm

The Sixth Petition Corresponds as we have Observed to the Promise ...
... [28] On the right, when riches, power, and ... up to a reprobate mind and shameful lusts,
and so by a just, indeed, but often hidden judgment, lead us into ...
/.../of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith/chapter 46 the sixth petition.htm

1 Thessalonians v. 12, 13
... And who are they, you say, who having children, yet despise riches? ... Did he not
lead the life of a hireling? ... and did he not often disappoint him? ...
/.../homily x 1 thessalonians v.htm

Sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent
... Often, when I meditate on the kingdom of God, I cannot ... of God, what is it but God
Himself with all His riches? ... in God is good; that a man should lead a painful ...
/.../ii sermon for the second.htm

Again on the Calamity of the City of Antioch. ...
... Riches are not able to profit the little-minded: nor is ... seem to be indifferent, yet
by degrees lead us into ... may not fall over, trembles; and very often he is ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily xv again on the.htm

{24A} Upon the Love of Our Neighbour. Preached on Advent Sunday.
... appetites, passions, affections, or the pursuits they lead to. ... There is often an
interfering in the former when there ... Thus as to riches: so much money as a man ...
//christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/sermon xi 24a upon the.htm

Of False and True virtue; and of Knowledge.
... It is virtue to be able to assign their value to riches. ... good and evil, though not
perfectly; and as often as they ... by land or by sea, no one will lead an army ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap v of false and true.htm

1 Cor. xii. 1, 2
... on his future road, unless he be changed: and, even before punishment, often-times
his riches become to him the cause of many evils, and lead him into ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxix 1 cor xii.htm

Second Great Group of Parables.
... to him whom it calls to lead a sinless ... devil's martyrs," in their skillful prudence,
often shame the ... temporal and transitory, while the true riches are eternal ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xcii second great group of 5.htm

There is a Blessedness in Reversion
... they then committed adultery' (Jeremiah 5:7). Riches are a ... God often lets men have
the golden bracelets, the weight ... O let us lead blessed lives, and so declare ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/2 there is a blessedness.htm