Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
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x "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where y moth and rust destroy and where thieves z break in and steal,
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x but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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a "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,
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a but if b your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
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c "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and d money.
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Cross References
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go...
Luke 12:21
So is the one who lays up treasure for himself ...
Luke 12:33 - 34
Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. P...
Luke 18:22
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thi...
1 Timothy 6:9 - 10
But those who desire to be rich fall into tempt...
1 Timothy 6:17 - 19
As for the rich in this present age, charge the...
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your life free from love of money, and be ...
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Cross References
James 5:2 - 3
Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.
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Cross References
Matthew 24:43
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
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Cross References
Matthew 6:19
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
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Cross References
Luke 11:34 - 35
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness.
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Cross References
Matthew 6:22
The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
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Cross References
Matthew 20:15
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?
Deuteronomy 15:9
Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, 'The seventh year, the year of release is near,' and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin.
Proverbs 28:22
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.
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Cross References
Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Romans 6:16
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
James 4:4
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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Cross References
Luke 16:9
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
Luke 16:11
If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
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