Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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Hid
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Bible References
Men of
Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he acted prudently. For the children of this age are more prudent toward their generation than the children of light.
John 8:23
And he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
John 17:14
I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
1 John 4:4
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because he that is in you, is greater than he that is in the world.
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Luke 12:19
and I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that, in your lifetime, you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus his evil things. But now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
James 5:5
You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Hid
Matthew 13:44
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which, when a man finds it, he hides; and for the joy it gives, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
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Luke 12:18
And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns and I will build larger ones; and there I will store ail my produce, and my good things;