Matthew 6:19

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Job 24:16

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.

Job 31:24

“If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,

Psalm 39:6

Surely everyone goes about like a shadow. Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; they heap up and do not know who will gather.

Psalm 62:10

Put no confidence in extortion, and set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Exodus 22:2

(If the thief is found breaking in and is struck dead, no bloodguilt is incurred;

Proverbs 11:4

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

Proverbs 16:16

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord’s wrath; in the fire of his passion the whole earth shall be consumed, for a full, a terrible end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Matthew 6:20

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

Luke 12:21

So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”

Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, 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 not have let his house be broken into.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Luke 18:24

Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

1 Timothy 6:17

As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”