Matthew 6:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.”
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“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 6:19 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
- Job 31:24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
- Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Proverbs 23:4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
- Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
- Matthew 19:21Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Luke 12:21This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
- Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- Luke 18:22On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Luke 18:24Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
- 1 Timothy 6:8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
- 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
- Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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