Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Accumulation of wealth » The accumulation of, disappointing
Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
Every man walks about like a vain illusion. He makes a lot of noise over nothing. He hoards riches and does not know who will receive them.
To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Because you are wise and understanding, you have made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries.
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
He who lays up (earthly) treasure for himself is not rich toward God.
Your gold and your silver are rusted. Their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up your treasure in the last days.
Heart » Where your heart will be
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. Accumulate wealth in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal. Your heart will be where you keep your wealth.
Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make yourselves purses that do not get old, a treasure in heaven where moth and rest cannot corrupt and thieves cannot steal. Your heart will be where your treasure is.
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust? Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!
The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
The Lord Jehovah helps me. Who will find me guilty? They will all wear out like a garment and moths will eat them.
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
Moth » Figurative
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. Accumulate wealth in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Moths » Destructive to garments
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
If you have been raised together with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Think about the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make yourselves purses that do not get old, a treasure in heaven where moth and rest cannot corrupt and thieves cannot steal.
Repentance » What it is
If any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things have passed away. Behold, they have 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
Turn to me and be saved! Turn to me all who live at the ends of the earth for I am God, and there is no other.
All those people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God,
A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Look to (consider without distractions) Jesus, the Leader (Predecessor) and Finisher (Perfecter) of our faith. He despised the shame. He endured the stake for the joy that was set before him. Then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. Accumulate wealth in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal. Your heart will be where you keep your wealth.
They said: Sirs, why do you do these things? We are only men like you. We bring you good news. You should turn from these worthless things to the living God. He is the God who made heaven and earth, the sea and all things.
Think about the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » greed
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
Riches » Heavenly treasures superior to
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. Accumulate wealth in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Riches » They who possess, should » Not hoard them up
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
Riches » Described as » Liable to be stolen
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
earthly Riches » The perils of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
Every man walks about like a vain illusion. He makes a lot of noise over nothing. He hoards riches and does not know who will receive them.
To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Because you are wise and understanding, you have made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries.
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
He who lays up (earthly) treasure for himself is not rich toward God.
Your gold and your silver are rusted. Their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up your treasure in the last days.
Seven » Evils to be repressed » greed
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
Theft » All earthly treasure exposed to
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
Treasure » A thing of highly-estimated value » Jesus forbids the hoarding of
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
Jesus then replied: If you wish to be complete, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor. You will have wealth in heaven. Then 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 your possessions and give to charity. Make yourselves purses that do not get old, a treasure in heaven where moth and rest cannot corrupt and thieves cannot steal.
Wealth » Accumulation of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
Every man walks about like a vain illusion. He makes a lot of noise over nothing. He hoards riches and does not know who will receive them.
To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Because you are wise and understanding, you have made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries.
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
He who lays up (earthly) treasure for himself is not rich toward God.
Your gold and your silver are rusted. Their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up your treasure in the last days.
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » Unprofitable
The world and its desires (lusts) are passing away; but he who does the will of God lives forever.
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
I looked at all the works my hands accomplished. I saw everything I had worked to do. I saw that all was vanity and grasping for the wind. It was to no purpose for there was no profit under the sun.
For what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?