Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,
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Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou are] my confidence;
Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart [on it].
Proverbs 16:16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
Ecclesiastes 2:26For to the man who pleases him [God] gives wisdom and 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 striving after wind.
Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of LORD's wrath, but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy. For he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in
Luke 12:21So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:17-19
The Sermon on the Mount. 16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. We are here cautioned against hypocrisy in fasting, as before in almsgiving, and in… Read the whole commentary →