Bible Dictionary: Riches: They Who Possess, should not Boast of Obtaining Them

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Deuteronomy 8:17
And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

Of Meditating on the Future Life.
... with too much eagerness after fleeting and fading riches, or rest in those which
they already possess, he reduces ... are so afraid of it that they tremble at ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 9 of meditating on.htm

Perfect Knowledge Cannot be Attained in the Present Life: Many ...
... He is good, and possesses boundless riches, a kingdom ... 8. Moreover, they possess no
proof of their system, which ... of those who maintain that they have searched ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxviii perfect knowledge cannot be.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

2 Timothy iii. 7-Jan
... Many devils indeed now possess it, but then they would ... have turned aside after Satan,"
because they have not ... heart knows how to secure their riches, even He ...
/.../homily vii 2 timothy iii.htm

Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity Prayer and Spiritual Knowledge.
... so on, a knowledge even the Jews and Turks possess. ... But they who exercise themselves
in these spiritual graces by ... all the gold, silver and other riches of this ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/twenty fourth sunday after trinity.htm

Go in Peace
... go in peace." It is heaven begun below to possess "the peace ... to come he might shew
the exceeding riches of his ... They will contrive, by some method or other, to ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 48 1902/go in peace.htm

Morality and Doctrine
... Weakness."Every pursuit of men is to get wealth; and they cannot have a title to
show that they possess it justly ... I love riches because they afford me ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pascal/pensees/section vii morality and doctrine.htm

Calvin -- Enduring Persecution for Christ
... The firmness necessary we can not possess, unless it be ... our faith, which surpasses
all the riches of the ... fixed point among all Christians, that they ought not ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons volume i/calvin enduring persecution for.htm

Of Justification by Faith. Both the Name and the Reality Defined.
... of sins with justification in such a way as to show that they are altogether ... is by
being made partakers with Christ, since with him we possess all riches. ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 11 of justification by.htm

Two Things to be Observed in Gratuitous Justification.
... let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let ... in fine, to despair; it is to possess
sure certainty ... that they can only waver and fluctuate if they depend on ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 13 two things to.htm