In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.
Matthew 6:19 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) *Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not gather and heap up and store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal. American Standard Version (1901) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: Common English Bible “Stop collecting treasures for your own benefit on earth, where moth and rust eat them and where thieves break in and steal them. 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. 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. |
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.
*If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
*Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.
If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
Yeshua said to him, *If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.*
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through and steal;
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.*
Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.
When Yeshua heard these things, he said to him, *You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.*
Yeshua, seeing that he became very sad, said, *How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, *I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.*