Colossians 3:2
Place your machshavot (thoughts) above (in Shomayim), not on the things of the Olam Hazeh.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
In Context
3For you died and the Chayyim of you has become nistar + 3:3 Co 2:3 (hidden) with Moshiach in Hashem.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:19Now set your levav and your nefesh to seek Hashem Eloheichem; arise therefore, and build ye the Mikdash Hashem HaElohim, to bring Aron Brit Hashem, and the K'lei Kodesh HaElohim (Holy Vessels of G-d), into the Bayit that is to be built to the Shem of Hashem.
Psalms 49:11For he seeth that chachamim die, 1 likewise the kesil (foolish) and the ba'ar (brutish, senseless person, dolt) perish, 1 and leave their chayil (wealth) to others. 1
Psalms 91:14Because he hath set his longing upon Me, therefore will I rescue him; 1 I will set him on high, because he hath da'as of Shmi (My Name). 1
Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou let thine eynayim fly after that which is not? 1 For such [wealth] certainly sprouts kenafayim (wings); 1 they fly away as a nesher (eagle) toward Shomayim. 1
Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves otzarot (treasures) on haaretz, where moth and rust destroy and where ganavim (thieves) break in and steal.
Luke 12:15And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Take care and be shomer against all chamdanut (covetousness), because the Chayyei HaAdam does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. + 12:15 Job 20:20; 31:24; Ps 62:10
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:2-5
The Spiritual Life. ( a. d. 62.) 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. The apostle, having described our privileges by Christ in the former part of the epistle, and our discharge from the yoke of the ceremonial law, comes… Read the whole commentary →