Bible Dictionary: Riches: They Who Possess, should not Hoard Them Up

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

John i. 41, 42
... but desire you not to be nailed to riches; and as ... and wealth, and servants, but wish
them to possess [519] these ... This is why they are called, "things to be used ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xix john i 41.htm

Upon Our Lord's SermonOn the Mount
... and as pledges of his love, we may enjoy all that we possess. ... In using riches where
they ... equally inexcusable are those who lay up what they do not need for any ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 28 upon our lords.htm

On the Collections, V.
... thriftiness to be commended, if their riches are of ... not always free enjoyment of
what they possess, they are not ... into the Kingdom, for the other they shall be ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/sermon x on the collections.htm

Hearts and Treasures
... We all know the uncertainty of riches. ... All outward things which we say we possess
are incompletely possessed, because they remain outside us. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/hearts and treasures.htm

part ii.
... joy, and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their ... right in us and in
all that we possess. ... by frequently storing away small sums as they could spare ...
//christianbookshelf.org/clark/the faithful steward/part ii.htm

The Hope of the Universe.
... the poverty of their expectation from the paternal riches. ... consideration from the
other creatures whom they find, equally ... to go into thy vineyard to possess it ...
/.../macdonald/hope of the gospel/the hope of the universe.htm

Letter Lii. To Nepotian.
... They were figures typifying things still future and were "written ... think of His cross
and count riches to be ... and love what it is Peter's boast not to possess? ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter lii to nepotian.htm

Treatise on the Priesthood. Book iii.
... priest ought to have, but which I do not possess; and, above ... how great the riches
of Thy forbearance! ... then, owing to the dread of famine, they are constrained ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/treatise on the priesthood book 3.htm

Who is the Rich Man that Shall be Saved?
... is eternal, and by knowledge and comprehension to possess God, who is ... If one should
escape the superfluity of riches, and the difficulty they interpose in ...
/.../clement/who is the rich man that shall be saved/who is the rich man.htm

Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Gospel Transcends Law.
... boast, pretending to what they do not possess and to ... the message of the Gospel and
enjoy its riches. They are accounted as having fulfilled the Ten Commandments ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/twelfth sunday after trinity gospel.htm