Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
A Conservative Version
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,
American Standard Version
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
Amplified
An Understandable Version
"Do not store your valuables [here] on earth, where moths can eat them and where rust can corrode them, and where burglars can break in and steal [them].
Anderson New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
Bible in Basic English
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
Common New Testament
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Daniel Mace New Testament
Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
Godbey New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break through and steal:
Goodspeed New Testament
"Do not store up your riches on earth, where moths and rust destroy them, and where thieves break in and steal them,
John Wesley New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break thro' and steal:
Julia Smith Translation
Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal:
King James 2000
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Modern King James verseion
Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Moffatt New Testament
Store up no treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust corrode, where thieves break in and steal:
Montgomery New Testament
"Store up for yourselves no treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
NET Bible
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
New Heart English Bible
"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Noyes New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Sawyer New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth and corrosion destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal.
The Emphasized Bible
Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where the rust and canker spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal:
Twentieth Century New Testament
Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Webster
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Weymouth New Testament
"Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Williams New Testament
"Stop storing up your riches on earth where moths and rust make away with them, and where thieves break in and steal them.
World English Bible
"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Worrell New Testament
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through, and steal;
Worsley New Testament
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupts, and where thieves break through and steal:
Youngs Literal Translation
'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
Themes
Accumulation of wealth » The accumulation of, disappointing
Heart » Where your heart will be
Moths » Destructive to garments
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should have their treasure in heaven
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » greed
Riches » Heavenly treasures superior to
Riches » They who possess, should » Not hoard them up
Riches » Described as » Liable to be stolen
earthly Riches » The perils of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Seven » Evils to be repressed » greed
Theft » All earthly treasure exposed to
Treasure » A thing of highly-estimated value » Jesus forbids the hoarding of
Wealth » Accumulation of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » Unprofitable
Interlinear
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Usage: 42
Devotionals
Devotionals about Matthew 6:19
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 6:19
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Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Mount: Treasure In Heaven
18 so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render it to thee. 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;
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Cross References
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without love of money, satisfied with your present circumstances; for he has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
Luke 12:21
Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
1 Timothy 6:17
Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;
Job 31:24
If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
Psalm 39:6
Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalm 62:10
Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.
Proverbs 11:4
Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!
Proverbs 23:4-5
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For he giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good in God's sight. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-14
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
Zephaniah 1:18
their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for a full end, yea, a sudden end, shall he make of all them that dwell in the land.
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
Luke 12:33
Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
Luke 18:22
And when Jesus had heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking to thee yet: Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens, and come, follow me.
Luke 18:24
But when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, he said, How difficultly shall those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God;
1 Timothy 6:8-10
But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these.
James 5:1-3
Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.
1 John 2:15-16
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;