Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Accumulation of wealth » The accumulation of, disappointing
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and pile up clothing as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are in turmoil in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.
For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping up, only that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping of the wind.
With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Your gold and silver is rusted; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as if it were fire. You have heaped treasure together for the last days.
Heart » Where your heart will be
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves purses which grow not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches, neither moth corrupts. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?
He builds his house like a moth, and like a booth that the keeper makes.
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
And he, like a rotten thing, consumes, as a garment that is moth-eaten.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
Moth » Figurative
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Moths » Destructive to garments
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves purses which grow not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches, neither moth corrupts.
Repentance » What it is
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Verse Concepts
Leaving The Past BehindComfortingConversion, nature ofAccepting ChristAbundant LifeNew ThingsMetamorphosisFaultsAwesome GodAmbassadorsBecoming A ChristianBecoming More Like ChristBorn Again, Results OfBeing Born AgainThe New Man In ChristBlessings, SpiritualBeginningGod, The CreatorTransformationNewnessParticipation, In ChristPast, TheAbiding In ChristResurrection, SpiritualSalvation, Nature Of
Sin, Avoidance OfUnion With Christ, Nature OfUnion With Christ, Significance OfCharacter Of SaintsNew Birth, Described AsFruits Of RighteousnessPassing AwayChanged HeartThe New CreationEternal SecurityThings Passing AwayNew LifeOld NatureChangeMeaning Of The Risen LifeAttitudeParticipation In Christ NatureCreationReconciliationThe PastpastchristrebirthNewLife That Is Worth Living
Look unto me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
For they themselves show of us what manner of welcome we had unto you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily ensnare us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
And saying, Sirs, why do you these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that you should turn from these vanities unto the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them:
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » greed
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Riches » Heavenly treasures superior to
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Riches » They who possess, should » Not hoard them up
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Riches » Described as » Liable to be stolen
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
earthly Riches » The perils of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and pile up clothing as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are in turmoil in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.
For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping up, only that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping of the wind.
With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Your gold and silver is rusted; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as if it were fire. You have heaped treasure together for the last days.
Seven » Evils to be repressed » greed
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Theft » All earthly treasure exposed to
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Treasure » A thing of highly-estimated value » Jesus forbids the hoarding of
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Jesus said unto him, If you will be perfect, go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Verse Concepts
Giving, Of PossessionsFollowing Jesus ChristCommitment, to Jesus Christethics, socialChristlikenessGenerosity, Humandiscipleship, nature ofChallengesBeggarsAlms, Good DeedsHeaven, Inheritance OfInvitationsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoverty, Remedies ForReligionRestitutionReward, For God's PeopleRich, TheSelf Denial
Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves purses which grow not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches, neither moth corrupts.
Wealth » Accumulation of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and pile up clothing as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are in turmoil in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.
For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping up, only that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping of the wind.
With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Your gold and silver is rusted; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as if it were fire. You have heaped treasure together for the last days.
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » Unprofitable
And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God abides forever.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had made, and on the labor that I had expended on it: and, behold, all was vanity and like grasping the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or suffer loss?