Matthew 6:21

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Matthew 6:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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Isaiah 33:6

He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.

Luke 12:34

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

2 Corinthians 4:18

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

Acts 8:21

You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

Romans 7:5

For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

Romans 7:6

But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

Romans 7:7

What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

Philemon 1:3

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philemon 1:19

I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.

Colossians 3:1

Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

Colossians 3:2

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Colossians 3:3

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Hebrews 3:12

See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.