Colossians 3:2

Seek The Things Above

¹ If therefore ye have been raised with the Christ, seek the things which are above, where the Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God: ² have your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth; ³ for ye have died, and your life is hid with the Christ in God.

Earthly Things

On Earth

Matthew 16:23

But turning round, he said to Peter, Get away behind me, Satan; thou art an offence to me, for thy mind is not on the things that are of God, but on the things that are of men.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now set your heart and your soul to seek Jehovah your God; and arise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah Elohim, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the vessels of the sanctuary of God into the house that is to be built unto the name of Jehovah.

Psalm 91:14

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

Psalm 119:36-37

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.

Philippians 3:19-20

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and their glory in their shame, who mind earthly things:)

1 John 2:15-17

Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

1 Chronicles 29:3

And moreover, in my affection for the house of my God I have given of my own property of gold and silver, for the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:

Psalm 49:11-17

Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever,their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.

Psalm 62:10

Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

Proverbs 23:5

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath also set the one beside the other, to the end that man should find out nothing of what shall be after him.

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;

Luke 16:8-9

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.

Luke 16:11

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?

Luke 16:19-25

Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.

Romans 8:4-6

in order that the righteous requirement of the law should be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh but according to Spirit.

Philippians 1:23

But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, for it is very much better,

Colossians 3:1

If therefore ye have been raised with the Christ, seek the things which are above, where the Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God:

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.