Bible Dictionary: Riches: Thick Clay

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Habakkuk 2:6
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increases that which is not his! how long? and to him that lades himself with thick clay!
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How to be Admonished are those who Give Away what is their Own ...
... 2:6)? For, indeed, for a covetous man to heap up against him thick clay is to ... The
covetous man is not filled with money; and he that loveth riches shall not ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xx how to be.htm

There is a Blessedness in Reversion
... fed them to the full, they then committed adultery' (Jeremiah 5:7). Riches are a ...
Woe to him that ladeth himself with thick clay' (Habakkuk 2:6). Augustine says ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/2 there is a blessedness.htm

Upon Our Lord's SermonOn the Mount
... How long will ye load yourselves with thick clay? ... You have thrown away the treasure
in heaven: God and Christ are lost! You have gained riches, and hell-fire! ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 28 upon our lords.htm

The Requirements of the King
... A general unlading of the 'thick clay' which weighs down the Christian life of England,
would ... or, as He explains it in Mark, men who 'trust in riches') have in ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the requirements of the king.htm

Altogether Lovely
... Scraping together dust, loading yourselves with thick clay. O that you were busy
after the true riches, and could step aside awhile to enrich yourselves in ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/altogether lovely.htm

The Essential Elements of Christian Experience.
... Selfish efforts for spiritual relief are just like a quagmire of thick clay. ... The
soul finds itself swallowed up and lost in the great depths and riches of such ...
/.../finney/sermons on gospel themes/xxiv the essential elements of.htm

Temptations.
... for riches certainly make themselves wings, and fly away as an eagle towards heaven. ...
that which is not his, and that ladeth himself with thick clay." O man of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xv temptations.htm

Christ, the Believer's Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification and ...
... But perhaps you despise riches and pleasure, and therefore ... out their transgressions,
as with a thick cloud: their ... ere long, these tabernacles of clay shall be ...
/.../christ the believers wisdom righteousness.htm

Spoken in Antioch in the Old Church, as it was Called...
... And, as when many trees in a thick wood of oak are cut ... Wherefore let us not consider
riches to be a great good ... and yet it is more useless than mere clay for the ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily ii spoken in antioch.htm

False Profession.
... The love of riches, the love of honors, the love of pleasures, are the thorns ... up
thy roots; thou art an earth-bound soul, thou art wrapped up in thick clay. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xx false profession.htm