Bible Cross References
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Job 31:24
If I made gold my treasure, and if I too trusted the precious stone;
Psalm 39:6
Surely man walks in a shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain; he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.
Psalm 62:10
Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies. If wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.
Proverbs 11:4
[This translation omits this verse.]
Proverbs 16:16
The brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.
Proverbs 23:5
If you should fix your eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For [God] has given wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight, but He has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that He may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and grasping for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-14
10
He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof. This also is vanity.
11
In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it, and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes?
12
The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
13
There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, [namely], wealth kept for its owner to his [own] hurt.
14
And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble, and [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Zephaniah 1:18
And their silver and their gold shall by no means be able to rescue them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealously; for He will bring a speedy destruction on all them that inhabit the land.
Luke 12:21
So [is] he who accumulates treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
Luke 18:24
And when Jesus saw that he became very sad, He said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!
1 Timothy 6:8-10
8
But having food and clothing, with these things we shall be content.
9
But those desiring to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many senseless and harmful lusts which sink men in destruction and perdition.
10
For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some [by] aspiring have strayed away from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:17-10
Hebrews 13:5
Let [your] way of life [be] without loving money, being satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, "By no means shall I desert you, nor in any way shall I forsake you;"
James 5:1-3
1
Listen now, you rich, weep and howl at your miseries which are coming upon you!
2
Your riches have decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten.
3
Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their poison will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up treasure in the last days.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:16
Because everything that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not from the Father but is from the world.