9 Bible Verses about Storing Treasure On Earth
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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:
There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by their owners to their hurt.
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all my crops and my goods.
And her merchandise and her hire shall be dedicated to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable?
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
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.