Cross references
Matthew 6:19
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- a Or worm; also in verse 20
Matthew 6:19 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 19 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 13:5 (76 votes) and 1 John 2:15–16 (58 votes). 35 other verses point back to it. It links with 22 other books, from Exodus 16 to 1 John 2.
Which verses does Matthew 6:19 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Hebrews 13:576 votes
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- 1 John 2:15–1658 votes
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- Luke 12:2148 votes
This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
- Proverbs 23:4–541 votes
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- Proverbs 11:437 votes
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- James 5:1–337 votes
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. …
- Proverbs 16:1636 votes
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- 1 Timothy 6:8–1028 votes
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. …
- 1 Timothy 6:1728 votes
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
- Luke 18:2227 votes
On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Luke 12:3325 votes
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10–1424 votes
- Psalm 62:1023 votes
- Zephaniah 1:1823 votes
- Psalm 39:621 votes
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Luke 18:2421 votes
- Matthew 19:2120 votes
Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Ecclesiastes 2:2618 votes
- Job 31:2417 votes
Which verses point to Matthew 6:19?
The 10 strongest of 35.