Bible Encyclopedia: Riches: They Who Covet: Err from the Faith

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1 Timothy vi. 7-Feb
... of the heathens, he who does not earnestly covet the crown ... If we contemplate aright
the true riches of eternal life, we ... yet they were and are but dust and ashes ...
/.../homily xvii 1 timothy vi.htm

Of Divers Friendships of Good and Ill, and if they Can be Loosed ...
... And therefore though one err yet friendship lasts if ... be had, with ill manners, sliding
riches, and wasted ... they love not men but either they covet their goods ...
/.../rolle/the fire of love/chapter ix of divers friendships.htm

John Chapter i. 15-18
... the death of foes, or the power and riches of this ... But if you covet bodily rewards
from God, thou art still ... who are guilty of robberies, and yet they exult and ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate iii john chapter i.htm

Book ii.
... as we ought not, as, for example, riches, power, distinctions ... And again, if we covet
those things which we consider ... xiv.1, 3. They are corrupt...none doeth good ...
//christianbookshelf.org/jerome/the principal works of st jerome/book ii.htm

Surely Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Me all the Days of My Life ...
... One man trusts in riches, another in glory, another in ... potentialities of our souls,
which, while they are limited ... attain to the state which we covet, we must ...
/.../callan/the shepherd of my soul/xi surely goodness and mercy.htm

The Irish Articles of Religion. AD 1615.
... in all our doings; not to covet other men's ... The riches and goods of Christians are
not common ... ceremonies and other ecclesiastical rites, as they be superfluous ...
/.../the irish articles of religion.htm

Treatise on the Priesthood. Book iii.
... For no others covet his dignity so much, or know his affairs ... how great the riches
of Thy forbearance ... of honor and distinction, use the honor they enjoy against ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/treatise on the priesthood book 3.htm

Preface.
... Provides for an eternity below. "Thou shalt not covet," is a wise command; 460. ...
Charm riches? ... They lately proved, [37] the soul's supreme desire. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/young/youngs night thoughts/preface.htm

The Epistle of St. James
... those who were rich and trusted in their riches and had no ... it does not follow that
this is because they are bad ... yield a relevant meaning; after kill, covet is a ...
/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/the epistle of st james.htm

John Bunyan on the Terms of Communion and Fellowship of Christians ...
... 1:9); that is, to be made partakers of the riches of grace ... that is, those that were
visibly such; because they made profession of faith, of holiness ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/john bunyan on the terms.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Torrey's Topical Textbook