29 Bible Verses about Treasure
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Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are become motheaten; your gold and silver is rusted, and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and will eat your flesh as fire; ye have heaped up treasure in the last days!
And the fruits that thy soul desired are departed from thee, and all thy dainty and splendid things are perished from thee, and thou shalt find them no more.
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not where to store my crops. And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all my crops and my goods;read more.
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.
Charge those who are rich in this world that they be not highminded, nor place their hope in uncertain riches, but in God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; that they do good,
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten wealth, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable one, and poor, and blind, and naked,
And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon his possessions.
But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all evils; which some coveting have strayed away from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many pangs.
that their hearts may be encouraged, they being knit together in love, and that they may attain to all the riches of a full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God; in which are stored up all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy thereof he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking goodly pearls. And having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the recompense of reward.
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy thereof he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking goodly pearls. And having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Sell what ye have, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which wax not old, treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, nor moth destroyeth.
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumeth, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
to an inheritance imperishable, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
Jesus said to him, If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
And Jesus looking at him, loved him, and said to him, One thing thou lackest; go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
And Jesus hearing this said to him, One thing thou still lackest: sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
that they be rich in good works, liberal in imparting, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or else he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
and when they had come into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and did homage to him; and opening their treasures, they presented him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not of us;
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Judas » Treasure » The disciples
And this he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and bore what was put therein.
For some thought, because Judas kept the purse, that Jesus said to him, Buy what we need for the feast; or that he should give something to the poor.
Kings » Forbidden to multiply » Treasure
Righteous » Compared with » Treasure
compared to Saints » Treasure
Treasure » A thing of highly-estimated value » Money
Treasure » A thing of highly-estimated value » Jesus forbids the hoarding of
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Jesus said to him, If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.
Sell what ye have, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which wax not old, treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, nor moth destroyeth.
Treasure » Figurative » Of the graces of the spirit
Treasure » Figurative » Of the object of the affections
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Treasure » Figurative » Of spiritual understanding
in which are stored up all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
And he said to them, Thus then every scribe, instructed for the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, who bringeth out from his storehouse things new and old.
Treasure » Figurative » Of spiritual calling
For it is God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, that shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not of us;
Treasure » A thing of highly-estimated value » Precious stones
Treasure » A thing of highly-estimated value » Hidden
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy thereof he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Treasure » Figurative » Parable of
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy thereof he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Treasure » Figurative » Gospel called
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not of us;
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Spiritual Treasures
2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not of us;
Storing Treasure On Earth
Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
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