Matthew 6:19

Do not store up for yourselves otzarot (treasures) on haaretz, where moth and rust destroy and where ganavim (thieves) break in and steal.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 your tzom is concealed from Bnei Adam but not from your Av Asher b'Seter (Father Who is in Secret). And your Av HaRoeh b'seter (Father the One seeing in secret) will give you sachar.

20But zahmlet aich (collect for yourselves) otzarot (treasures) in Shomayim, where neither moth nor rust destroys; neither do ganavim break in and steal.

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Cross References

Job 31:24If I have made zahav my hope, 1 or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my security, 1

Psalms 62:10Truly Bnei Adam (those of low estate) are hevel (vanity), 1 and Bnei Ish (those who are highborn) are kazav (a lie); 1 they go up in the balances; 1 they are altogether lighter than hevel (vanity). 1

Proverbs 16:16How much better is it to acquire chochmah than gold, 1 and acquiring binah (understanding) a better choice than kesef! 1

Ecclesiastes 2:26For to the adam that is pleasing in His sight, Hashem gives chochmah, and da'as, and simchah; but to the choteh (sinner) Hashem giveth travail; Hashem giveth the work of gathering and storing up, that Hashem may give to him that pleases HaElohim. This also is hevel and chasing after ruach.

Zephaniah 1:18Neither their kesef nor their zahav 1 shall be able to save them in the Yom Evrat Hashem 1 (Day of Hashem ʼs Wrath); 1 but kol ha'aretz (the whole earth) shall be devoured 1 by the eish of Hashemʼs kina (jealousy, zeal, passion); 1 for He shall make a complete end, a terrible end, 1 of kol yoshvei ha'aretz (all them that dwell on the earth).

Luke 12:21Such is the one hoarding up for himself and not having osher toward Hashem.

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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