Matthew 6:19

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal.

Cross References

Job 24:16

He passes through houses in the nighttime, just as they had agreed among themselves in the daytime; and they are ignorant of the light.

Job 31:24

If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold 'my Trust;'

Psalm 39:6

You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.

Psalm 62:10

Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.

Exodus 22:2

If a thief will have been discovered breaking into a house, or digging under it, and he has received a mortal wound, he who struck him down will not be guilty of blood.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from death.

Proverbs 16:16

Possess wisdom, for it is better than gold. And acquire prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God has given, to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and rejoicing. But to the sinner, he has given affliction and needless worrying, so as to add, and to gather, and to deliver, to him who has pleased God. But this, too, is emptiness and a hollow worrying of the mind.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver, nor their gold, will be able to free them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. All the land will be devoured in the fire of his zeal, for with all speed, he will bring to consummation every inhabitant of the land.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him: "If you are willing to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me."

Matthew 6:20

Instead, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither rust nor moth consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Luke 12:21

So it is with him who stores up for himself, and is not wealthy with God."

Luke 12:33

Sell what you possess, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure that will not fall short, in heaven, where no thief approaches, and no moth corrupts.

Luke 12:39

But know this: that if the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly stand watch, and he would not permit his house to be broken into.

Luke 18:22

And when Jesus heard this, he said to him: "One thing is still lacking for you. Sell all the things that you have, and give to the poor. And then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me."

Luke 18:24

Then Jesus, seeing him brought to sorrow, said: "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter into the kingdom of God!

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy,

Hebrews 13:5

Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, "I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you."