Habakkuk 2:6. Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
That which is said of ambition may also be said of covetousness. What an idle task it is for a man to go on perpetually hoarding,- heaping together more than he can possibly enjoy himself, as if it were made for nobody but for one man, and he must needs grasp all the wealth of the world. There is scope enough for the loftiest ambition when you seek the nobler joys of grace; there is room for a sacred covetousness when you "covet earnestly the best gifts;" but, in every other respect, may these two things -ambition and covetousness - be ever thrust far from us!
Habakkuk 2:6. Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
That which is said of ambition may also be said of covetousness. What an idle task it is for a man to go on perpetually hoarding,- heaping together more than he can possibly enjoy himself, as if it were made for nobody but for one man, and he must needs grasp all the wealth of the world. There is scope enough for the loftiest ambition when you seek the nobler joys of grace; there is room for a sacred covetousness when you "covet earnestly the best gifts;" but, in every other respect, may these two things -ambition and covetousness - be ever thrust far from us!