Matthew 6:19
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Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 (A)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where (B)moth and rust[a] destroy and where thieves (C)break in and steal,
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- Matthew 6:19 Or worm; also verse 20
Hebrews 13:5
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5 Keep your life (A)free from love of money, and (B)be content with what you have, for he has said, (C)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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1 John 2:15-16
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Do Not Love the World
15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—(C)the desires of the flesh and (D)the desires of the eyes and pride of life[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world.
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- 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions
Luke 12:21
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21 So is the one (A)who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
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Proverbs 23:4-5
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4 (A)Do not toil to acquire wealth;
(B)be discerning enough to desist.
5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
(C)for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
James 5:1-3
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Warning to the Rich
5 Come now, (A)you rich, weep and howl for the (B)miseries that are coming upon you. 2 (C)Your riches have rotted and (D)your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (E)You have laid up treasure (F)in the last days.
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Proverbs 16:16
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16 (A)How much better to get wisdom than (B)gold!
To get understanding is to be chosen rather than (C)silver.
Proverbs 11:4
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1 Timothy 6:8-10
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8 But (A)if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. 9 But (B)those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, (C)into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that (D)plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of (E)all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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Luke 18:22
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22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. (A)Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have (B)treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
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Luke 12:33
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33 (A)Sell your possessions, and (B)give to the needy. (C)Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with (D)a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
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Zephaniah 1:18
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18 (A)Neither their silver nor their gold
shall be able to deliver them
on the day of the wrath of the Lord.
(B)In the fire of his jealousy,
(C)all the earth shall be consumed;
(D)for a full and sudden end
he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-14
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10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? 12 Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
13 (A)There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, 14 and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.
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Luke 18:24
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24 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, (A)“How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter (B)the kingdom of God!
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Psalm 62:10
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10 Put no trust in extortion;
(A)set no vain hopes on robbery;
(B)if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
Psalm 39:6
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6 Surely a man (A)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
man (B)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
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- Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath
Matthew 19:21
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21 Jesus said to him, “If you would be (A)perfect, go, (B)sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have (C)treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
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Job 31:24
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 For to the one who pleases him (A)God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given (B)the business of gathering and collecting, (C)only to give to one who pleases God. (D)This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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