Matthew 6:19

Modern English Version

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Cross References

Job 24:16

In the dark they break into houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.

Job 31:24

“If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walks around like a shadow; surely they make an uproar in vain; he heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them.

Psalm 62:10

Trust not in oppression; put no vain hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Exodus 22:2

If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, then there will be no blood guilt for him.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding than silver!

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the person who is pleasing before Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the one who sins, He gives the task to gather and collect, to give to the other person who is pleasing before God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s wrath. But the whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy, for He will make a sudden end of all those who dwell on the earth.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, “If you would be complete, go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow Me.”

Matthew 6:20

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in nor steal,

Luke 12:21

“So is he who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give alms. Provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

Luke 12:39

But know this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “Yet you lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow Me.”

Luke 18:24

When Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, He said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this world that they not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who richly gives us all things to enjoy.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your lives be without love of money, and be content with the things you have. For He has said: “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.”