Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away." Verse ConceptsBusynessFutilityWealthHuman IgnoranceRest, PhysicalRiches, Ungodly Use OfTreasureCare, WorldlyCovetousness, Nature ofNot Knowing The FutureDrawbacks To Richesgathering

For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth -- only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile -- like chasing the wind! Verse ConceptsWealthBeing A BlessingEnjoyment, Lack OfBeing BlessedPromised JoyUseless EndeavourGod Judges The WickedPeople With KnowledgeGod Gives WisdomWisdomWisdom And GuidanceSaving Moneystriving

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. Verse ConceptsWealthGoldSilverWorldly WisdomWisdom Gives Wealth



Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure! Verse ConceptsWealthThe Misery Of GreedPossessions DecayingEnd Of The AgesBurning PeopleWitness Against OneselfStoring Treasure On EarthGetting RichLast HourEnd Of Dayspotential

"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out -- a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.


how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth? Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made. Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

Look, the sovereign Lord helps me. Who dares to condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like clothes; a moth will eat away at them. Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths. Verse ConceptsInsectsWasteMothsPeople RottingPossessions DecayingFood Decayingworms


I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah. Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsPeople RottingPeople Eaten By Worm


"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.




Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,





Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

"Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them. Verse ConceptsAgnosticismConversion, nature ofCreation, Origin Ofethics, personalemptinessEarth, Creation OfGod, Living And Self sustainingGod, Uniqueness OfHeaven And EarthMission, Of The ChurchMonotheismNatureCreation Of The Physical HeavensRepentance, Nature OfSeaUniverseVanityCreation Of The SeasThe Gospel PreachedUseless IdolsLike People By NaturePeople Are The SameMere MenWhy Do Others Do This?Passion



"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.



If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away." Verse ConceptsBusynessFutilityWealthHuman IgnoranceRest, PhysicalRiches, Ungodly Use OfTreasureCare, WorldlyCovetousness, Nature ofNot Knowing The FutureDrawbacks To Richesgathering

For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth -- only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile -- like chasing the wind! Verse ConceptsWealthBeing A BlessingEnjoyment, Lack OfBeing BlessedPromised JoyUseless EndeavourGod Judges The WickedPeople With KnowledgeGod Gives WisdomWisdomWisdom And GuidanceSaving Moneystriving

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. Verse ConceptsWealthGoldSilverWorldly WisdomWisdom Gives Wealth



Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure! Verse ConceptsWealthThe Misery Of GreedPossessions DecayingEnd Of The AgesBurning PeopleWitness Against OneselfStoring Treasure On EarthGetting RichLast HourEnd Of Dayspotential






If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away." Verse ConceptsBusynessFutilityWealthHuman IgnoranceRest, PhysicalRiches, Ungodly Use OfTreasureCare, WorldlyCovetousness, Nature ofNot Knowing The FutureDrawbacks To Richesgathering

For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth -- only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile -- like chasing the wind! Verse ConceptsWealthBeing A BlessingEnjoyment, Lack OfBeing BlessedPromised JoyUseless EndeavourGod Judges The WickedPeople With KnowledgeGod Gives WisdomWisdomWisdom And GuidanceSaving Moneystriving

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. Verse ConceptsWealthGoldSilverWorldly WisdomWisdom Gives Wealth



Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure! Verse ConceptsWealthThe Misery Of GreedPossessions DecayingEnd Of The AgesBurning PeopleWitness Against OneselfStoring Treasure On EarthGetting RichLast HourEnd Of Dayspotential



Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded: "All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless -- like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth." Verse ConceptsAchievementPhysical LabourdissatisfactionUseless EndeavourUnder The SunSuccess And Hard Work