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Matthew 6:19

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;

Generosity, money and possessions

Key words: thēsauros thēsaurizō sēs brōsis kleptēs

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
Laythēsaurizete θησαυρίζετεthēsaurizō3
notmē Μὴmē29
upthēsaurizete θησαυρίζετεthēsaurizō3
for yourselveshymin ὑμῖνhymin21
treasuresthēsaurous θησαυροὺςthēsauros3
uponepi ἐπὶepi12
earthgēs γῆςgē6
wherehopou ὅπουhopou5
mothsēs σὴςsēs2
andkai καὶkai104
rustbrōsis βρῶσιςbrōsis2
doth corruptaphanizei ἀφανίζειaphanizō3
andkai καὶkai104
wherehopou ὅπουhopou5
thieveskleptai κλέπταιkleptēs2
break throughdioryssousin διορύσσουσινdioryssō3
andkai καὶkai104
stealkleptousin κλέπτουσινkleptō2

Cross-references 16

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

(whole verse) 15
  • Job 31:24

    24"If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, "You are my confidence';

  • Psalms 39:6

    6Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them.

  • Psalms 62:10

    10Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.

  • Proverbs 11:4

    4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.

  • Proverbs 16:16

    16How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

  • Proverbs 23:5

    5Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:26

    26For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:10-14

    10He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. 11When goods increase, They increase who eat them; So what profit have the owners Except to see them with their eyes? 12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, Whether he eats little or much; But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep. 13There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches kept for their owner to his hurt. 14But those riches perish through misfortune; When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Zephaniah 1:18

    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 will make speedy riddance Of all those who dwell in the land.

  • Luke 12:21

    21"So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

  • Luke 18:24

    24And when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, He said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

  • 1 Timothy 6:8-10, 17

    8And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. 9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
    17Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

  • Hebrews 13:5

    5Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

  • James 5:1-3

    1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.

  • 1 John 2:15-16

    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world.

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