Matthew 6:19-21

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Treasures in Heaven^(A)

¹⁹“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,^(B) where moths and vermin destroy,^(C) and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,^(D) where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.^(E) ²¹For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.^(F)

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Proverbs 1:8-14

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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men

⁸Listen, my son,^(A) to your father’s^(B) instruction
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.^(C)
⁹They are a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.^(D)

¹⁰My son, if sinful men entice^(E) you,
    do not give in^(F) to them.^(G)
¹¹If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait^(H) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;
¹²let’s swallow^(I) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;^(J)
¹³we will get all sorts of valuable things
    and fill our houses with plunder;
¹⁴cast lots with us;
    we will all share the loot^(K)”—

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Luke 12:16-21

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¹⁶And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. ¹⁷He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

¹⁸“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. ¹⁹And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

²⁰“But God said to him, ‘You fool!^(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.^(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’^(C)

²¹“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”^(D)

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Revelation 3:17

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¹⁷You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’^(A) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.^(B)

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Revelation 3:17 in all English translations