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Matthew 6:19
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“Don’t store up for yourselves treasures
Lay not vp for your selues treasures vpon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake thorow, and steale.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
"Don't store treasures for yourselves here on earth where moths and rust will destroy them and thieves can break in and steal them.
"Do not store up for yourselves [material] treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Lay not vp treasures for your selues vpon the earth, where the mothe & canker corrupt, and where theeues digge through and steale.
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Don't store up treasures on earth! Moths and rust can destroy them, and thieves can break in and steal them.
"Do not store up for yourselves wealth here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and burglars break in and steal.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures buried in the ground, a place where rust and moth destroy, and where thieves break through and steal.
"Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal.
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Do not treasure up for you treasures on the earth, where moth and rust cause to perish, and where thieves dig through and steal.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the eretz, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.Proverbs 23:4; 1 Timothy 6:17; Hebrews 13:5; James 5:1;">[xr]
Lay not up for yourselves treasures in the earth, a place where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves dig through and steal:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal.
Hoorde not vp for your selues, treasures vpon earth, where the moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake through, and steale.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust doth consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break thro' and steal:
"Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Nile ye tresoure to you tresouris in erthe, where ruste and mouyte destrieth, and where theues deluen out and stelen;
Don't lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
Luke 12:33,34">[xr] "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
"Don't store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.
"Do not gather together for yourself riches of this earth. They will be eaten by bugs and become rusted. Men can break in and steal them.
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal;
Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;
Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal.
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal,
Se that ye gaddre you not treasure vpon ye erth where rust and mothes corrupte and where theves breake through and steale.
`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
Se that ye gather you not treasure vpon the earth, where rust and mothes corrupte, and where theues breake through and steale.
Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
"Don't hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it's safe from moth and rust and burglars. It's obvious, isn't it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.
"Don't buy a bunch of saddles and tradin' spurs here on earth so that people will think highly of you. The saddles will eventually rot and the spurs will rust if someone doesn't break into your barn and steal 'em first.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job 31:24, Psalms 39:6, Psalms 62:10, Proverbs 11:4, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 23:5, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 5:10-14, Zephaniah 1:18, Luke 12:21, Luke 18:24, 1 Timothy 6:8-10, 1 Timothy 6:17, Hebrews 13:5, James 5:1-3, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:16
Reciprocal: Exodus 16:20 - bred worms Exodus 22:2 - breaking Deuteronomy 17:17 - neither shall he Judges 14:12 - change Job 21:19 - layeth Job 27:16 - prepare raiment Proverbs 2:4 - thou Proverbs 8:18 - durable Proverbs 21:20 - treasure Ecclesiastes 5:14 - those Isaiah 23:18 - it shall Ezekiel 26:12 - make a spoil Obadiah 1:6 - are the Matthew 7:24 - whosoever Matthew 19:21 - go Mark 10:21 - treasure Luke 12:19 - Soul Luke 12:33 - provide Luke 16:9 - Make Luke 18:22 - sell John 6:27 - the meat 2 Corinthians 6:10 - and Philippians 3:20 - our Colossians 1:5 - laid Colossians 3:2 - not 1 Timothy 6:19 - Laying 2 Timothy 4:8 - there Hebrews 10:34 - in yourselves that ye have James 5:2 - Your riches
Cross-References
But Noah pleased the Lord .
This is the history of Noah's family. He was a good man all his life, and he always followed God.
"This is the size I want you to make the boat: 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
Make a window for the boat about 1 cubit below the roof. Put a door in the side of the boat. Make three floors in the boat: a top deck, a middle deck, and a lower deck.
Bring every living animal out of the boat with you—all the birds, animals, and everything that crawls on the earth. These animals will make many more animals, and they will fill the earth again."
Your goodness is higher than the highest mountains. Your fairness is deeper than the deepest ocean. Lord , you protect people and animals.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,.... Meaning either treasures that are of an earthly nature and kind, the more valuable and excellent things of the earth, worldly wealth and riches; or the things and places, in which these are laid up, as bags, chests, or coffers, barns and other treasuries, private or public. Christ here dissuades from covetousness, and worldly mindedness; an anxious care and concern, to hoard up plenty of worldly things for themselves, for time to come, making no use of them at present for the good of others: and this he does, from the nature of the things themselves; the places where they are laid up; the difficulty of keeping them; and their liableness to be corrupted or lost.
Where moth and rust doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal. Garments, formerly, were a considerable part of the treasures of great men, as well as gold and silver; see Job 27:16. So according to the m Targumist, Haman is bid to go ×××ת ×× ×× ×××××, "to the king's treasury", and take from thence one of the purple garments, the best, and raiment of the best silk, c. and these were liable to be eaten with the moth, James 5:2. The word translated rust, does not here signify the rust of metals, as gold and silver by which there is not so much damage done, so as to destroy them, and make them useless; but whatever corrupts and consumes things eatable, as blasting and mildew in corn, or any sort of vermin in granaries: for gold and silver, or money, with jewels and precious stones, which make a very great part of worldly treasure, seem to be more particularly designed, by what thieves break through into houses for, and carry away. So that here are three sorts of earthly treasures pointed at, which are liable to be corrupted, or taken away: garments, which may be destroyed, and rendered useless for wearing; provisions of things eatable, as all sorts of corn and grain, which may be so corrupted by smut and vermin, as not to be fit for use; and money and jewels, which may be stolen by thieves: so that no sort of worldly riches and treasure is safe, and to be depended on; and therefore it is a great folly and vanity to lay it up, and trust in it.
m Targum Sheni. in Esth. vi. 10.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth - Treasures, or wealth, among the ancients, consisted in clothes or changes of raiment, as well as in gold, silver, gems, wine, lands, and oil. It meant an abundance of âanythingâ that was held to be conducive to the ornament or comfort of life. As the Orientals delighted much in display, in splendid equipage, and costly garments, their treasures, in fact, consisted much in beautiful and richly-ornamented articles of apparel. See Genesis 45:22, where Joseph gave to his brethren âchanges of raiment;â Joshua 7:21, where Achan coveted and secreted âa goodly Babylonian garment.â Compare also Judges 14:12. This fact will account for the use of the word âmoth.â When we speak of âwealth,â we think at once of gold, and silver, and lands, and houses. When a Hebrew or an Orientalist spoke of wealth, he thought first of what would make a âdisplay;â and included, as an essential part, splendid articles of dress. The âmothâ is a small insect that finds its way to clothes and garments, and destroys them. The âmothâ would destroy their apparel, the ârustâ their silver and gold; thus all their treasure would waste away. The word rendered ârustâ signifies anything which âeats into,â and hence, anything which would consume oneâs property, and may have a wider signification than mere rust.
And where thieves break through and steal - The houses in the East were not unfrequently made of clay hardened in the sun, or of loose stones, and hence it was comparatively easy, as it was not uncommon, for thieves to âdig throughâ the wall, and effect an entrance in that way. See the notes at Job 24:16.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 6:19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth — What blindness is it for a man to lay up that as a treasure which must necessarily perish! A heart designed for God and eternity is terribly degraded by being fixed on those things which are subject to corruption. "But may we not lay up treasure innocently?" Yes.
1st. If you can do it without setting your heart on it, which is almost impossible: and
2dly. If there be neither widows nor orphans, destitute nor distressed persons in the place where you live.
"But there is a portion which belongs to my children; shall I distribute that among the poor?" If it belongs to your children, it is not yours, and therefore you have no right to dispose of it. "But I have a certain sum in stock, c. shall I take that and divide it among the poor?" By no means; for, by doing so, you would put it out of your power to do good after the present division: keep your principal, and devote, if you possibly can spare it, the product to the poor; and thus you shall have the continual ability to do good. In the mean time take care not to shut up your bowels of compassion against a brother in distress; if you do, the love of God cannot dwell in you.
Rust — Or canker, βÏÏÏιÏ, from βÏÏÏκÏ, I eat, consume. This word cannot be properly applied to rust, but to any thing that consumes or cankers clothes or metals. There is a saying exactly similar to this in the Institutes of MENU: speaking of the presents made to Brahmins, he says, "It is a gem which neither thieves nor foes take away, and which never perishes." Chapter of Government, Institute 83.
Where thieves do not break through — διοÏÏ ÏÏÎ¿Ï Ïι, literally dig through, i.e. the wall, in order to get into the house. This was not a difficult matter, as the house was generally made of mud and straw, kneaded together like the cobb houses in Cornwall, and other places. Matthew 7:27.
