Colossians 3:2

Seek The Things Above

¹ If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. ² Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth. ³ For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Earthly Things

On Earth

Matthew 16:23

But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan. You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now set your heart and your soul to seek after the LORD your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD."

Psalm 91:14

"Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

Psalm 119:36-37

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

Luke 12:15

He said to them, "Beware. Keep yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

Philippians 3:19-20

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

1 John 2:15-17

Do not love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love is not in him.

1 Chronicles 29:3

In addition, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, since I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

Psalm 49:11-17

Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in oppression. Do not become vain in robbery. If riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Proverbs 23:5

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

Matthew 6:19

"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Luke 16:8-9

"His lord commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness, for the sons of this world are, in their own generation, more shrewd than the sons of light.

Luke 16:11

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Luke 16:19-25

"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

Romans 8:4-6

that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Philippians 1:23

But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

Colossians 3:1

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death, therefore, whatever is worldly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.