Psalm 49:11 (WEB)
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“Then, after Alexander, who had reigned over both Medes and Persians, whom he had reconquered, and had established his kingdom firmly in Alexandria, when withal he called that (city) by his own name; after him reigned, (there, in Alexandria,)” — editor's note: Comp. Ps. xlix. 11 (in LXX. Ps. xlviii. 12).
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Augustine of Hippo
““And their tombs shall be their house for ever” (ver. 11).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“It is of such the Psalmist says, “They call their lands after their own names.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlix. 11.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But all those who ‘call their lands by their own names,’ and have wood, and hay, and stubble in their thoughts; such as these, since they are strangers to difficulties, become aliens from the kingdom of heaven.” — editor's note: Ps. xlix. 11 (Larsow mistakes the reference)
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in The City of God XV.21.
Cited together in The City of God XV.21.
Cited together in The City of God XV.21.
Cited together in The City of God XV.21.
