Matthew 6:21

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

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 6:21 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
  2. Isaiah 33:6He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
  3. Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
  4. 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.”
  5. Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
  6. Luke 12:34For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
  7. Acts 8:21You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
  8. Romans 7:5For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
  9. 2 Corinthians 4:18So 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.
  10. Colossians 3:1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
  11. Philemon 1:3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  12. Philemon 1:19I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
  13. Hebrews 3:12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

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