Moral Concordance
S. Antonii de Padua Concordantiae Morales Sacorum Bibliorum
"Damned money! Alas! How many religious did it blind! How many cloistered religious did it deceive! Money is the 'droppings of birds' that blinded the eyes of Tobit."
Categories:
51. That riches acquired by theft, fraud, calumny, and falsehood, will not endure.
52. Against the rich and mighty men of this world.
53. That it is difficult for a rich man to be saved.
54. That it is lawful to possess riches.
55. Against the hope of the wicked.
56. Against those who put their hope in the help of man.
57. That we must not trust in transitory things.
58. That we must always trust in the Lord.
59. Of spiritual riches.
60. Of the contempt of riches.
61. Of the commendation of poverty.
62. That the Church increases spiritually through poverty and adversity.
63. Of those who consciously trample upon the world.
64. Of the misery and labour of human life.
65. Against avarice and covetousness, and its effects.
Scripture:
Against avarice and covetousness, and its effects.
It blinds. | |
| Gen 20:16 | And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken. |
| Eccli 20:31 | Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct. |
It brings anxiety. | |
| Eccles 2:11 | And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun. |
| Eccles 2:18 | Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me, |
| Lk 12:17 | And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? |
It casts down. | |
| Ps 72:18 | But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down. |
| Prov 11:28 | He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the just shall spring up as a green leaf. |
It causes disturbance. | |
| Prov 11:29 | He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise. |
| Eccles 2:22 | For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he hath been tormented under the sun? |
| Hab 2:9-10 | Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil. |
It condemns. | |
| Prov 1:32 | The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. |
| Prov 21:7 | The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment. |
| Lk 16:22 | And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell. |
| Jas 5:1 | Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you. |
It pollutes. | |
| Eccli 13:1 | He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride. |
| Lam 4:8 | Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood. |
| Osee 9:9 | They have sinned deeply, as in the days of Gabaa: he will remember their iniquity, and will visit their sin. |
| Hab 2:6 | Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a dark speech concerning him: and it shall be said: Woe to him that heapeth together that which is not his own? how long also doth he load himself with thick clay? |
It puffs up. | |
| Job 24:24 | They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken. |
It weighs down. | |
| Wis 5:7 | We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity and destruction, and have walked through hard ways, but the way of the Lord we have not known. |
| Zach 5:7 | And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel. |