Matthew 6:19

1 John 2:15; 1 John 2:16; 1 Timothy 6:17; 1 Timothy 6:8-10; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 5:10-14; Hebrews 13:5; James 5:1-3; Job 31:24; Luke 12:21; Luke 18:24; Proverbs 11:4; Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 23:5; Psalms 39:6; Psalms 62:10; Zephaniah 1:18

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Albert 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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: (6) The labours of...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

True Righteousness in Relation to Wealth. The Sermon here passes from the shortcomings of the Scribes and Pharisees. There are scattered parallels...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

AS TO RICHES. Lay... up . Treasure... up. corrupt . cause to vanish.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 6:19 . Lay not up. This deadly plague reigns everywhere throughout the world. Men are grown mad with an insatiable desire of gain. C...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1321 LAYING UP TREASURES IN HEAVEN Matthew 6:19-21 . Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Lay not up for yourselve...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lay not up, &c.— By taking a general review of what we have been hitherto taught in this divine sermon, we shall be led more distinctly to the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount (continued) 1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus does not say that we are to do good expec...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The earthly treasure and the heavenly treasure. When do we lay up 'treasure in heaven'? Whenever we give alms ( Matthew 6:2 ), or pray ( Matthew 6:...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Moth and rust ] Wealth in Eastern lands is largely stored and hoarded. Much of it consists of costly changes of raiment, which are liable to the att...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lay not up for yourselves treasures. — Literally, with a force which the English lacks, treasure not up your treasures. Where moth and rust dot...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Ver. 19. Lay not up...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth Our Lord here makes a transition from religious to common actions, and warns us of another snare, th...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we ex...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 6:21 " .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1). The Choice As To Which Treasure Will Be Sought And Lived For. Analysis of Matthew 6:19-21 . a A “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Must Lay Up Their Treasure In Heaven As They Cannot Serve God and Mammon (6:19-24). Having dealt with the question of what His disciples' att...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 6:19-20 . Lay not up … lay up . An instance of “the idiom of exaggerated contrast.” A literal compliance with the negat...
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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Related Commentaries of Matthew 6:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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