Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Proverbs 13:11

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 2, page 293, footnote 6 (Image)

Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, Clement of Alexandria

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The Instructor (HTML)

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Chapter XII.—Continuation: with Texts from Scripture. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 1761 (In-Text, Margin)

And to householders: “A possession which is acquired with iniquity becomes less.”[Proverbs 13:11]

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 2, page 391, footnote 12 (Image)

Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, Clement of Alexandria

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The Stromata, or Miscellanies (HTML)

Book III (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 2525 (In-Text, Margin)

... qui dant, et ex iis qui accipiunt? Et rursus cum dixit: “Si vis perfectus esse, vende quæ habes, et da pauperibus,” refellit eum qui gloriabatur quod “omnia a juventute præcepta servaverat;” non enim impleverat illud: “Diliges proximum tuum sicut teipsum:” tunc autem cum a Domino perficeretur, docebatur communicare et impertiri per charitatem. Honeste ergo non prohibuit esse divitem, sed esse divitem injuste et inexplebiliter. “Possessio (enim,) quæ cure iniquitate acceleratur, minor redditur.”[Proverbs 13:11] “Sunt (enim,) qui seminantes multiplicant, et qui colligentes minus habent.” De quibus scripture est: “Dispersit, dedit pauperibus, justitia ejus manet in sæculum sæculi.” Qui enim “seminal et plura colligit,” is est, qui per terrenam et temporalem ...

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