"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth."
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house.
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
have your mind on the things [that are] above, not on the things [that are] on the earth;
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,