Bible Encyclopedia: Covetousness: The Rich Fool

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The Rich Fool
... Covetousness is folly, because it grasps at worldly good, under the false belief
that ... The story of the rich fool is not a parable in the narrower meaning of ...
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The Rich Fool.
... But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy ... was the outbursting of a scathing,
scorching covetousness that formed ... The ground of a certain rich man brought ...
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The Three Parables of Warning: to the Individual, to the Nation ...
... our present need, which is the characteristic of covetousness. The rich man is
surveying his land, which is ... which cannot be gainsaid or answered: Thou fool! ...
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On the Words of the Gospel, Luke xii. 15, "And He Said unto Them ...
... Beware of covetousness;" but added, "of all covetousness." Nor was ... There was," He
saith, "a certain rich man, whose ... say, And how did God speak with a fool? ...
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The Gospel of Luke
... In connection with the parable of the rich fool the Lord warns against covetousness
and anxious care, and bids his disciples to be prepared for the day of his ...
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On Worldly Folly
... Beware of covetousness; for the ... whole occurrence: "So is every one who layeth up
treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God," " such a fool, such an ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 119 on worldly folly.htm

The Remedies against the Disease of Covetousness.
... example of Gehazi, who for the sin of covetousness was chastised ... cause that which
was said to the rich man in ... by the voice of the Lord: "Thou fool, this night ...
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Private Property and the Common Good
... And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for
a ... As with the rich fool, the horizon of life is filled with chances to make ...
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The Gospel According to St. Luke
... such is the parable of the good Samaritan, and that of the rich fool. ... leaven of the
Pharisees, confidence in God, warnings against covetousness, anxiety and ...
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Tenth Commandment
... "You are a fool," the devil ... Mr. Durant told me he woke up one morning to find that
he was a rich man, and ... Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be ...
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Luke 12:15-21
And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
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