Sentence examples for worldly riches from inspiring English sources

I sold my soul for worldly riches.

And speaking to Kirsty Young in an interview broadcast on Sunday morning, the 60-year-old revealed the one item he would take out of all his worldly riches if he was to be stranded on a desert island.

His rebellions were against a world that placed materialism and worldly riches above God and he chose to be different by opting for his Lord and Saviour above all else.

Fortunately a new study released Monday by my colleagues at the Legatum Institute refutes the notion that the road to worldly riches lies in autocracy and repression.

The psalm dismisses worldly riches as meaningless in comparison with the infinite value of a human being.

He also decreed that their tombs should be topped with a tranomasina, a small wooden house without windows or hearth and containing their worldly riches, where their spirit could return to visit after death.

But, being closely connected with the court and aristocracy, they tended to pursue worldly wealth and riches at the expense of purely religious goals, and it was left to the Pure Land (Jōdo) sect of Buddhism to preach a religion that sought to arouse a desire for salvation in ordinary people.

Whereas worldly ambitions, riches, and (especially) discursive knowledge scatter persons and drain their energies, sages "embrace Unity" or "hold fast to the One" (baoyi); that is, they aspire to union with the Dao in a primordial undivided state underlying consciousness.

Repent because it is good for your soul and will make your life more enjoyable and productive, not because you want worldly possessions, riches, or other things like that from God.

To those who renounce worldly things, Christianity promises riches a hundredfold.

Williams lived a rich, worldly life.