Matthew 6:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

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  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with what you have. For He has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you.'
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days.
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • 1 Tim 6:8-9 : 8 And having food and clothing, let us be content with that. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • Luke 12:21 : 21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
  • Eccl 5:10-14 : 10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep. 13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt. 14 But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!
  • Prov 23:4-5 : 4 Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom. 5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy: for He will make a speedy end of all those that dwell in the land.
  • Matt 19:21 : 21 Jesus said to him, If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
  • Job 31:24 : 24 If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, Yet you lack one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
  • Luke 18:24 : 24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

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  • Matt 6:20-21
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    20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

    21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Luke 12:33-34
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    33Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.

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

  • Luke 12:20-22
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    20But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?

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

    22And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall wear.

  • Jas 5:2-3
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    2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

    3Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days.

  • Matt 6:18
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    18that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

  • Matt 6:1-4
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    1Be careful not to do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

    2Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

    3But when you do your charitable deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

    4that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

  • Matt 6:30-34
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    30Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

    31Therefore do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we wear?

    32For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

    33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

    34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

  • Matt 6:23-26
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    23But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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

    25Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

    26Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

  • Matt 10:9
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    9Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts,

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Luke 12:15
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    15And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

  • Prov 6:30
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    30Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;

  • Matt 6:6
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    6But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

  • 1 Tim 6:19
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    19Storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • Luke 12:18
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    18And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods.

  • Luke 12:29-31
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    29And do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor be of anxious mind.

    30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knows that you need these things.

    31But rather seek the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added to you.

  • John 6:27
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    27Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
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    17Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

  • Exod 20:15
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    15You shall not steal.

  • Luke 16:13
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    13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

  • Matt 6:8
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    8Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask Him.

  • Deut 5:19
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    19Neither shall you steal.

  • Luke 16:9
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    9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves using the wealth of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.

  • Ps 62:10
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    10Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6The accumulation of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vanity to those who seek death.

  • Prov 23:4-5
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    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

    5Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

  • Gal 6:8
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    8For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  • Matt 6:28
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    28And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

  • Luke 16:11
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    11If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

  • Eph 4:28
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    28Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

  • Eph 5:6
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    6Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.