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."

St. Anthony of Padua (A.D. 1195-1231)

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:

Of those who consciously trample upon the world.

Ἰησ 1:3 I will deliver to you every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, as I have said to Moses.
Ἰησ 10:24 And when they were brought out to him, he called all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the army that were with him: Go, and set your feet on the necks of these kings. And when they had gone, and put their feet upon the necks of them lying under them,
Κριτ 5:21 The torrent of Cison dragged their carcasses, the torrent of Cadumim, the torrent of Cison: tread thou, my soul, upon the strong ones.
Σει 24:11 And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.
Ἠσα 42:5 Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.
Ἠσα 58:14 Then shalt thou be delighted in the Lord, and I will lift thee up above the high places of the earth, and will feed thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy father. For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.