1 Corinthians 3:12

Origen de Principiis Book II

Of this fire the fuel and food are our sins, which are called by the Apostle Paul wood, and hay, and stubble."[176]

Origen Against Celsus Book IV

And we assert that they are wickedness, and the works which result from it, and which, being figuratively called "wood, hay, stubble,"[50]

Origen Against Celsus Book V

which needs to be consumed by that fire, and which burns and consumes those who by their actions, words, and thoughts have built up wood, or hay, or stubble, in that which is figuratively termed a "building."[57]

Origen Against Celsus Book VI

In the same way, too, if sins are called "wood, and straw, and stubble," we shall not maintain that sins are corporeal; and if blessings are termed "gold, and silver, and precious stones,"[363]

A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop

Behold how glorious, how dear to the Lord, are the people whom these schismatics do not shrink from calling "wood, hay, stubble; "[21]