Matthew 6:19

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal.

Cross References

Hebrews 13:5

Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have; for he hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

Luke 12:21

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

Proverbs 16:16

Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.

Luke 18:22

Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee: sell all whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy,)

Luke 12:33

Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither shall their silver and their gold be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: all the land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy, for he shall make even a speedy destruction of all them that dwell in the land.

Luke 18:24

And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God.

Psalm 62:10

But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

Psalm 39:6

Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come follow me.

Job 31:24

If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.

Exodus 22:2

If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood.

Job 24:16

He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves: and they have not known the light.

Matthew 6:20

But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal.

Luke 12:39

But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.