Pursuits (4 Occurrences)

Pursuits

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Bible Concordance

2 Timothy 2:4 No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
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James 1:11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Proverbs 12:11 Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied 'with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
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Proverbs 28:19 Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied 'with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled 'with' poverty.
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Thesaurus

Pursuits (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Pursuits (4 Occurrences). 2 ... perishes. So also will
the rich man fade away in his pursuits. (WEB NAS RSV). ...
/p/pursuits.htm - 7k

Agriculture
... AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS 1. Growing of Grain (1) Plowing and Sowing (2) Reaping (3)
Threshing 2. Care of Vineyards 3. Raising of Flocks I. Development of ...
/a/agriculture.htm - 27k

Pursuit (35 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same
end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit. 4. (vt) Prosecution. ...
/p/pursuit.htm - 17k

Josephus
... worldly goods by lavish imperial patronage. He was thus enabled to devote himself
to literary pursuits. 3. Works: The works of Josephus ...
/j/josephus.htm - 13k

Gad (78 Occurrences)
... The tribes of Reuben and Gad continued all through their history to follow
the pastoral pursuits of the patriarchs (Numbers 32:1-5). ...
/g/gad.htm - 49k

Withers (20 Occurrences)
... the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away
in his pursuits. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). 1 Peter 1:24 For, "All ...
/w/withers.htm - 11k

Wise (422 Occurrences)
... with no disapproval. These great men could be trusted to avoid the moral
and religious pitfalls of such pursuits. For the ordinary ...
/w/wise.htm - 40k

Fade (16 Occurrences)
... of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his
pursuits. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). 1 Peter 1 ...
/f/fade.htm - 13k

Flavius
... worldly goods by lavish imperial patronage. He was thus enabled to devote himself
to literary pursuits. 3. Works: The works of Josephus ...
/f/flavius.htm - 13k

Flower (33 Occurrences)
... its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). 1 Peter ...
/f/flower.htm - 18k

Greek

4197. poreia -- a journey
... undertaking, progress. Word Origin from poreuomai Definition a journey
NASB Word Usage pursuits (1), way (1). journey, way. From ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4197.htm - 6k

Library

The Choice of Pursuits.
... CHAPTER XXI THE CHOICE OF PURSUITS. "For what then was I born? ... The choice of positions
and pursuits in life is one important and responsible mission of home. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/philips/the christian home/chapter xxi the choice of.htm

Doing Glory to God in Pursuits of the World.
... SERMON XI. Doing Glory to God in Pursuits of the World. "Whether, therefore,
ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon xi doing glory to.htm

Of Maris Bishop of Chalcedon; Julian Forbids Christians from ...
... Book III. Chapter XII."Of Maris Bishop of Chalcedon; Julian forbids
Christians from entering Literary Pursuits. About this time ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of scholasticus/chapter xii of maris bishop of.htm

Whether it is Lawful for Clerics and Bishops to Fight?
... Thus according to human laws, soldiers who are deputed to warlike pursuits are
forbidden to engage in commerce [*Cod. xii, 35, De Re Milit.]. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful for.htm

The World Our Enemy.
... By the world, then, is meant this course of things which we see carried on
by means of human agency, with all its duties and pursuits. ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol vii/sermon iii the world our.htm

Religion a Weariness to the Natural Man.
... how severe its voice! how forbidding its aspect! With what animation, on the contrary,
do you enter into the mere pursuits of time and the world! ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol vii/sermon ii religion a weariness.htm

On Counter Promises.
... things which seem to be corporeal, and so bestow his labour upon wisdom and science,
then he will undoubtedly direct all his attention towards pursuits of that ...
/.../origen/origen de principiis/chapter xi on counter promises.htm

These Words Speaketh Solomon, the Son of David the King and ...
... prophet most wise above all men. How vain and fruitless are the affairs of
men, and all pursuits that occupy man! For there is not one ...
/.../a metaphrase of the book of ecclesiastes/chapter i these words speaketh.htm

The Soul, as to Its Nature Uniform, but Its Faculties Variously ...
... It is sharpened by learned pursuits, by the sciences, the arts, by experimental
knowledge, business habits, and studies; it is blunted by ignorance, idle habits ...
/.../tertullian/a treatise on the soul/chapter xx the soul as to.htm

Letter X (In the Same Year) the Same, when Bishop
... Apostolate. So I have known many others who have been usefully raised to the
Episcopate, from the habits and pursuits of secular life. ...
/.../some letters of saint bernard abbot of clairvaux/letter x in the same.htm

Subtopics

Pursuits

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