Matthew 6:19

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Summary

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

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"If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,

Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."

Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, "How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.