Matthew 6:21

For what you value the most shows who you really are.

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In The King James Version

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

In Context

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.

22The eye is like a lamp that lights the body. So if your eye is healthy, then your whole body will have light.

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Cross References

Isaiah 33:6He will be your constant support throughout your lives an abundant source of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. Reverence for the Lord is what makes Zion rich.

Jeremiah 22:17But all you're looking for, all you think about, is getting whatever you want, however dishonestly. You kill the innocent, you violently mistreat and exploit your people.

Luke 12:34For what you value the most shows who you really are.

Romans 7:5While we were controlled by old nature, our sinful desires (as revealed by the law) were at work within us and resulted in death.

Colossians 3:1So if you've been brought back to life with Christ, look for what comes from above, where Christ is, sitting at God's right hand.

Philemon 1:19I Paul am signing this with my own hand: I will repay you. Of course I won't mention what you owe me, including your very self!

Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:20-25

The Sermon on the Mount. 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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