Colossians 3:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

Common English Bible

² Think about the things above and not things on earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Consider the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.

Colossians 3:2 Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now set your heart and your soul to seek after the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 29:3

Moreover also, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of mine own of gold and silver, I give it unto the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house;

Psalm 62:10

Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

Psalm 91:14

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath even made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out any thing that shall be after him.

Matthew 16:23

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

Matthew 6:19

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

Luke 12:15

And 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.

Luke 16:11

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

Philippians 1:23

But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

Colossians 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.

Colossians 3:5

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, the which is idolatry;