If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

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,

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

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.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

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.

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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.

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

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

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.

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.

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.