Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Bible References
General references
Job 31:24
"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'
Psalm 39:6
Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away."
Psalm 62:10
Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!
Proverbs 11:4
Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
Proverbs 23:5
When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth -- only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile -- like chasing the wind!
Ecclesiastes 5:10
The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.
Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth."
Luke 12:21
So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God."
Luke 18:24
When Jesus noticed this, he said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
1 Timothy 6:8
But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that.
Hebrews 13:5
Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you and I will never abandon you."
James 5:1
Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,