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Matthew 6:19-20 KJV
Matthew · chapter 6 · verses 19–20
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:Matthew 6:19-20 · King James Version
Matthew 6:19-20 in context
17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Commentary
Cross references
- Hebrews 13:5
- 1 John 2:15-16
- Luke 12:21
- Proverbs 23:4-5
- Proverbs 16:16
- James 5:1-3
- Proverbs 11:4
- 1 Timothy 6:17
- Luke 12:33
- Matthew 19:21
- James 2:5
- 1 Timothy 6:19
Key words (Strong's)
- yourselveshyminyouG5213 →
- treasuresthēsaurosthe place in which good and precious things are collected and laid up, a casket, coffer…G2344 →
- corruptaphanizōto snatch out of sight, to put out of view, to make unseen, to cause to vanish away, to…G853 →
- thieveskleptēsan embezzler, pilferer, the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to…G2812 →
- throughdioryssōto dig through a houseG1358 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- earthgēarable land, the ground, the earth as a standing place, the main land as opposed to the…G1093 →
- mothsēsa moth, the clothes mothG4597 →
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Worldly-mindedness is as common and as fatal a symptom of hypocrisy as any other, for by no sin can Satan have a surer and faster hold of the soul, under the cloak of a visible and passable profession of religion, than by this;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-24