Matthew 6:19
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Cross References
Exodus 22:2
If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.

Job 24:16
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

Proverbs 23:4
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Matthew 6:20
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Matthew 19:21
Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me."

Luke 12:21
This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God."

Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Luke 12:39
But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

Luke 18:22
On hearing this, Jesus told him, "You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me."

1 Timothy 6:9
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: "Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you."

James 5:2
Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 31:24
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

Psalm 39:6
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

Psalm 62:10
Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Proverbs 11:4
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Proverbs 16:16
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold; to gain understanding is more desirable than silver.

Proverbs 23:5
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-14
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. . . .

Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD's wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy." For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Luke 12:21
This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God."

Luke 18:24
Seeing the man's sorrow, Jesus said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God.

1 Timothy 6:8-10, 17
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. . . .

Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: "Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you."

James 5:1-3
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail for the misery to come upon you. . . .

1 John 2:15, 16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. . . .

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