Colossians 3:2

Seek The Things Above

¹ If ye then be raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. ² Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. ³ For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Earthly Things

On Earth

Matthew 16:23

But he turned, and said to Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offense to me: for thou savorest not 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 the LORD your God; arise, therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

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 to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Philippians 3:19-20

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

1 John 2:15-17

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1 Chronicles 29:3

Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of my own possessions, of gold and silver, which 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 continue for ever, 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, set not your heart upon them.

Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

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

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Luke 16:8-9

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Luke 16:11

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Luke 16:19-25

There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

Romans 8:4-6

That the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Philippians 1:23

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

Colossians 3:1

If ye then be raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Colossians 3:5

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; lewdness, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: