Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence;
Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Proverbs 16:16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Ecclesiastes 2:26For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy purging of all them that dwell in the land.
Luke 12:21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not 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 →