Bible Dictionary: Riches: They Who Possess, should Devote Them to God's Service

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1 Chronicles 29:3
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of my own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house.
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Mark 12:42-44
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
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Library

Thoughts Upon Worldly-Riches. Sect. Ii.
... not the lawful use of what we possess; but every ... such intrinsick value in good works,
whereby they that do ... tsrqh good works are the Salt of Riches, that which ...
/.../private thoughts upon a christian life/thoughts upon worldly-riches sect ii.htm

Whether Religious Perfection is Diminished by Possessing Something ...
... is contrary to religious perfection to possess anything in ... be imperfect if it lacked
common riches; whereas those ... according as the poverty they profess burdens ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether religious perfection is diminished.htm

Monitions of Christ to the Apostles in Regard to Prudence in their ...
... earthly goods are not the true riches, which the Christian alone can possess, and
shall possess forever, in greater and greater fulness; they belong to ...
/.../section 182 monitions of christ.htm

Tenth Sunday after Trinity Spiritual Counsel for Church Officers.
... he could not, with all his riches, his dominion ... They belong to God alone, though
human mouths and ... For, unquestionably, none would possess office and gifts had ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/tenth sunday after trinity spiritual.htm

The Best of Masters
... I know some who possess the world's peace; I would to God that peace ... then shall the
people of God begin to know their riches; then shall they shine forth ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the best of masters.htm

A Summary of the Christian Life. Of Self-Denial.
... that all the endowments which we possess are divine ... and honour, intrigue for power,
accumulate riches, and collect ... must follow is this: first, they must not ...
/.../sergieff/on the christian life/chapter ii a summary of.htm

A Summary of the Christian Life. Of Self-Denial.
... that all the endowments which we possess are divine ... and honour, intrigue for power,
accumulate riches, and collect ... must follow is this: first, they must not ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 7 a summary of.htm

The Way.
... would have that as a possession which must possess him. ... he became one of those who
sold all they had, and ... made it heavy: by the gravity of his riches the world ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/unspoken sermons/the way.htm

Funeral Oration on the Great S. Basil, Bishop of Cæsarea in ...
... the city is richer in those evil riches"idols"than ... and insatiability of those who
possess supplies ... For they watch their opportunities, and turn the distress ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xliii funeral oration on.htm

part iii.
... sense, you may preach the unsearchable riches of Christ ... as it is; the other to possess
a worth ... becomes parched, and verdure withers; if they descend frequently ...
//christianbookshelf.org/clark/the faithful steward/part iii.htm