Matthew 6:21

American Standard Version (1901)

for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.

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  • Col 3:1-3 : 1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
  • Luke 12:34 : 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
  • Rom 7:5-7 : 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. 6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter. 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:
  • 2 Cor 4:18 : 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Phlm 1:19 : 19 I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.
  • Heb 3:12 : 12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
  • Isa 33:6 : 6 And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.
  • Acts 8:21 : 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 93%

    33Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.

    34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

    35Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

  • Matt 6:18-20
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    85%

    18that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.

    19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

    20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

  • Matt 6:22-26
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    22The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

    23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

    24No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

    25Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?

    26Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value then they?

  • 77%

    21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

    22And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for [your] life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

  • 45The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil [man] out of the evil [treasure] bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

  • 21Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

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    34The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

    35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

  • Matt 6:31-33
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    31Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

    32For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

    33But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

  • 23Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

  • 31Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.

  • 4that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

  • 35The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

  • 1Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

  • 1 Tim 6:9-10
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    9But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

    10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

  • 21Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

  • 6In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • 44The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

  • 6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

  • 15And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

  • 11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches] ?

  • 7For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

  • 21neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.

  • 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;

  • 21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.

  • 21For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

  • 21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

  • 13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  • 19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

  • 21And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

  • 1And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.

  • 18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.

  • 3Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.

  • 26My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

  • 20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [are] ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

  • 6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

  • 28but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

  • 22And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.