Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ecclesiastes 5:10

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 5, page 550, footnote 9 (Image)

Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix

Cyprian. (HTML)

The Treatises of Cyprian. (HTML)

Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews. (HTML)
Book III. (HTML)
That the lust of possessing, and money, are not to be sought for. (HTML)CCEL Footnote 4501 (In-Text, Margin)

In Solomon, in Ecclesiasticus: “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver.”[Ecclesiastes 5:10] Also in Proverbs: “He who holdeth back the corn is cursed among the people; but blessing is on the head of him that communicateth it.” Also in Isaiah: “Woe unto them who join house to house, and lay field to field, that they may take away something from their neighbour. Will ye dwell alone upon the earth?” Also in Zephaniah: “They shall build houses, and shall not dwell in them; and they shall appoint vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them, ...

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