Matthew 6:19

Don't pile up wealth here on earth where moths and rust ruin it, and where thieves break in and steal it.

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In The King James Version

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

In Context

18so that people won't see you're fasting, and your unseen Father who sees what happens in private will reward you.

20Instead, you should store up your wealth in heaven, where moths and rust don't ruin it, and where thieves don't break in and steal it.

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Cross References

Job 31:24Have I put my trust in gold, calling fine gold, ‘My security’?

Psalms 62:10Don't trust in money made by extortion or robbery. Don't be proud of your wealth even if you are successful—don't make money what you live for.

Proverbs 16:16Far better to get wisdom than gold; far better to choose knowledge than silver.

Ecclesiastes 2:26To those who are good, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But to the sinner God gives the task of gathering and collecting wealth, only to hand it over to someone who pleases God. This also shows how fleeting life is, and hard to understand—like trying to understand how the wind blows.

Zephaniah 1:18Their silver and their gold won't help to save them on the day of the Lord's anger. The whole earth will be burned up by the fire of his jealous anger. He will make sure the end of the people of the world is sudden and complete.

Luke 12:21This is what happens to people who hoard up wealth for themselves but are not rich as far as God is concerned.”

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 →

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