Colossians 3:2

They are to set their minds on heavenly things, not earthly ones. Christian living begins with where we fix our thoughts.

Cross-references · 20

• 1 Jn 2:15–17Love 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.
• 1 Chr 22:19Now 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.
• Col 3:1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
• Matt 16:23But 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.
• Rom 8:4–6That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
• Matt 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
• Ps 119:36–37Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
• Col 3:5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
• Phil 3:19–20Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
• Luke 12:15And 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.
• Ps 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
• Phil 1:23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
• Ps 91:14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
• Luke 16:11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
• 1 Chr 29:3Moreover, 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,
• Eccl 7:14In 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.
• Prov 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
• Luke 16:19–25There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
• Luke 16:8–9And 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.
• Ps 49:11–17Their 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.

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