9 Bible Verses about Storing Treasure On Earth

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust deteriorates, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches [were] kept by the owner of it to his hurt.

And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

And her merchandise and her pay shall be holiness to LORD. It shall not be treasured nor laid up, for her merchandise shall be for those who dwell before LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days.