Psalm 49:17 (WEB)
for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
““For when he shall die, he shall not receive anything” (ver. 17).” — the author cites it
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Leo the Great
“Let him amass what he may, let him hoard and store what he may, he will leave this world empty and needy, as David the prophet says, “for when he dieth he shall take nothing away, nor shall his glory descend with him.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlix. 17.
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Tertullian
“In Psalm xlviii. He also turns off our care from these and says: “Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, and when his glory is increased: for when he shall die, he shall carry nothing away; nor shall his glory descend along with him.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlix. 16, 17.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Fear not,” it is said, “when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased: because when he dieth he shall leave all, and his glory shall not descend after him.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlix. 16, 17.
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.13.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 17.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 17.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 17.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 17.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.13.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 17.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 17.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.13.