sSee Matt. 19:21
Psalms 36:6
6 aYour righteousness is like the mountains of God;byour judgments are like the great deep;
man and beast you csave, O Lord.
Ecclesiastes 5:14-16
14and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand. 15 dAs he came from his mother’s womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand. 16This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what egain is there to him who ftoils for the wind?Matthew 6:19-20
Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 g“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where hmoth and rust ▼▼Or worm; also verse 20
destroy and where thieves jbreak in and steal, 20 kbut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. Luke 10:42
42but one thing is necessary. ▼▼Some manuscripts few things are necessary, or only one
Mary has chosen mthe good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” Luke 12:20-21
20But God said to him, n‘Fool! oThis night pyour soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, qwhose will they be?’ 21So is the one rwho lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”Luke 12:33
33 sSell your possessions, and tgive to the needy. uProvide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with va treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.Luke 16:11-12
11If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 12And if you have not been faithful in wthat which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
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