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 those who put their hope in the help of man.
| Gen 26:2 | And the Lord appeared to him and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee. |
| Judg 7:2 | And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people that are with thee are many, and Madian shall not be delivered into their hands: lest Israel should glory against me, and say: I was delivered by my own strength. |
| I Ki 17:45 | And David said to the Philistine: Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defied. |
| II Par 20:12 | O our God, wilt thou not then judge them? as for us we have not strength enough, to be able to resist this multitude, which cometh violently upon us. But as we know not what to do, we can only turn our eyes to thee. |
| II Par 25:6-7 | He hired also of Israel a hundred thousand valiant men, for a hundred talents of silver. |
| II Par 32:6 | And he appointed captains of the soldiers of the army: and he called them all together in the street of the gate of the city, and spoke to their heart, saying: |
| Jdt 9:16 | For thy power, O Lord, is not in a multitude, nor is thy pleasure in the strength of horses, nor from the beginning have the proud been acceptable to thee: but the prayer of the humble and the meek hath always pleased thee. |
| Ps 117:8 | It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man. |
| Prov 25:19 | To trust to an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot, |
| Isa 10:20 | And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that shall escape of the house of Jacob, shall lean no more upon him that striketh them: but they shall lean upon the Lord the Holy One of Israel, in truth. |
| Isa 16:12 | And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is wearied on his high places, that he shall go in to his sanctuaries to pray, and shall not prevail. |
| Isa 20:3 | And the Lord said: As my servant Isaias hath walked, naked and barefoot, it shall be a sign and a wonder of three years upon Egypt, and upon Ethiopia, |
| Isa 30:1 | WOE to you, apostate children, saith the Lord, that you would take counsel, and not of me: and would begin a web, and not by my spirit, that you might add sin upon sin. |
| Isa 31:1 | WOE to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they are many: and in horsemen, because they are very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord. |
| Isa 36:6 | Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust in him. |
| Isa 42:17 | They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god. |
| Jer 2:36 | How exceeding base art thou become, going the same ways over again! and thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. |
| Jer 17:5 | Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. |
| Jer 22:20 | Go up to Libanus, and cry: and lift up thy voice in Basan, and cry to them that pass by, for all thy lovers are destroyed. |
| Jer 42:13 | But if you say: We will not dwell in this land, neither will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God, |
| Jer 48:13 | And Moab shall be ashamed of Chamos, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, in which they trusted. |
| Lam 4:17 | Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save. |
| Ezech 29:6 | And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord: because thou hast been a staff of a reed to the house of Israel. |
| Osee 5:13 | And Ephraim saw his sickness, and Juda his band: and Ephraim went to the Assyrian, and sent to the avenging king: and he shall not be able to heal you, neither shall he be able to take off the band from you. |
| Osee 8:8 | Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations like an unclean vessel. |
| Amos 5:19 | As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him. |
| I Mac 3:18 | And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company: |
| I Mac 8:17 | So Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Jacob, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and he sent them to Rome to make a league of amity and confederacy with them. |
| I Mac 9:7 | And Judas saw that his army slipped away, and the battle pressed upon him, and his heart was cast down: because he had not time to gather them together, and he was discouraged. |
| I Mac 9:17 | And the battle was hard fought, and there fell many wounded of the one side and of the other. |
| Mk 2:5 | And when Jesus had seen their faith, he saith to the sick of the palsy: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee. |