Matthew 6:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Don’t store up for yourselves treasures   on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Cross References

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.   ,

Luke 12:21

‘That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure   for himself and is not rich towards God.’

Proverbs 16:16

Get wisdom – how much better it is than gold! And get understanding – it is preferable to silver.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he told him, ‘You still lack one thing: Sell all you have and distribute it to the poor,   and you will have treasure in heaven.   Then come, follow me.’

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant  or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God,  who richly provides us with all things  to enjoy.

Luke 12:33

Sell   your possessions and give to the poor.   Make money-bags   for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure   in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver and their gold will be unable to rescue them on the day of the  Lord’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of his jealousy, for he will make a complete, yes, a horrifying end of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Luke 18:24

Seeing that he became sad,  Jesus said, ‘How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

Matthew 19:21

‘If you want to be perfect,’   Jesus said to him, ‘go, sell your belongings and give to the poor,   and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’

Job 31:24

If I placed my confidence in gold or called fine gold my trust,

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the person who is pleasing in his sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy;  but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Exodus 22:2

If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed.

Job 24:16

In the dark they break  into houses; by day they lock themselves in, never experiencing the light.

Matthew 6:20

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,   where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal.

Luke 12:39

But know this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming,   he would not have let his house be broken into.