Matthew 6:19

Webster's Bible (1833)

"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

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  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. 2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
  • 1 John 2:15-16 : 15 Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't 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, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.
  • 1 Tim 6:8-9 : 8 But having food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • Luke 12:21 : 21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything 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, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his 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: wealth kept by its owner to his harm. 14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
  • Prov 23:4-5 : 4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. 5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who 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 will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
  • Job 31:24 : 24 "If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, Don't set your heart on them.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."
  • Luke 18:24 : 24 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into 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 consume, and where thieves don't break through and steal;

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

  • Luke 12:33-34
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    33Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

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

  • Luke 12:20-22
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    20"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

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

    22He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

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

    3Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.

  • Matt 6:18
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    18so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

  • Matt 6:1-4
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    1"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

    2Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.

    3But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,

    4so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

  • Matt 6:30-34
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    30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

    31"Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'

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

    33But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

    34Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.

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

    24"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.

    25Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

    26See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?

  • Matt 10:9
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    9Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

  • Luke 12:15
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    15He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

  • Prov 6:30
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    30Men don't 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 inner chamber, and having 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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    19laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

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    6"Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

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    18He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

  • Luke 12:29-31
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    29Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

    30For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

    31But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

  • John 6:27
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    27Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

  • 1 Tim 6:17
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    17Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

  • Exod 20:15
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    15"You 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 one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon{"Mammon" refers to riches or a false god of wealth.}."

  • Matt 6:8
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    8Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

  • Deut 5:19
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    19"Neither shall you steal.

  • Luke 16:9
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    9I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

  • Ps 62:10
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    10Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, Don't set your heart on them.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

  • Prov 23:4-5
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    4Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

    5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

  • Gal 6:8
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    8For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

  • Matt 6:28
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    28Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,

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

  • Eph 4:28
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    28Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that 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 on the children of disobedience.