Colossians 3:2

Seek The Things Above

¹ If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. ² Be mindful of things above, not on things on the earth. ³ For you died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God.

Earthly Things

On Earth

Matthew 16:23

But He turned and said to Peter, Go, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you do not savor the things that are of God, but those that are of men.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now set your heart and your soul to seek Jehovah your God. Arise therefore and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.

Psalm 91:14

Because He has set His love on Me, therefore I will deliver Him; I will set Him on high, because He has known My name.

Psalm 119:36-37

Bow my heart to Your testimonies, and not to unjust gain.

Luke 12:15

And He said to them, Watch and keep yourselves from covetousness. For a man's life is not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

Philippians 3:19-20

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

1 John 2:15-17

Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

1 Chronicles 29:3

And also, because I have delighted in the house of my God, out of my own treasure of gold and silver I have given to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

Psalm 49:11-17

Their inward thought is that their houses shall go on forever, and their dwelling-places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

Psalm 62:10

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Proverbs 23:5

Will your eyes fly on it? And it is gone! For surely it makes wings for itself; it flies into the heavens like an eagle.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity take note that God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Matthew 6:19

Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.

Luke 16:8-9

And the unjust steward's lord commended him because he had done wisely. For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Luke 16:11

Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust the true riches to you?

Luke 16:19-25

There was a certain rich man who was customarily clothed in purple and fine linen and making merry in luxury every day.

Romans 8:4-6

so that the righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Philippians 1:23

For I am pressed together by the two: having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better.

Colossians 3:1

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (which is idolatry),