Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 6:20
Matthew 6:20 contradicts following 19 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Matthew 6:20 for quick understanding.
Matthew 6:20: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Numbers 32:4 | [Even] the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, [is] a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: |
| 2. | Joshua 22:7 | Now to the [one] half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [possession] in Bashan: but unto the [other] half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, |
| 3. | Ezra 8:29 | Watch ye, and keep [them], until ye weigh [them] before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. |
| 4. | Ezra 8:30 | So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring [them] to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. |
| 5. | Job 36:19 | Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength. |
| 6. | Proverbs 1:19 | So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof. |
| 7. | Proverbs 13:22 | A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just. |
| 8. | Ecclesiastes 5:16 | And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? |
| 9. | Isaiah 45:3 | And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call [thee] by thy name, [am] the God of Israel. |
| 10. | Jeremiah 15:13 | Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and [that] for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. |
| 11. | Matthew 5:42 | Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. |
| 12. | Matthew 6:19 | Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: |
| 13. | Matthew 19:21 | Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go [and] sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come [and] follow me. |
| 14. | Matthew 26:11 | For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. |
| 15. | Luke 12:33 | Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. |
| 16. | Luke 16:9 | 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. [mammon: or, riches] |
| 17. | 2 Corinthians 8:14 | But by an equality, [that] now at this time your abundance [may be a supply] for their want, that their abundance also may be [a supply] for your want: that there may be equality: |
| 18. | 1 Timothy 5:8 | But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. [house: or, kindred] |
| 19. | James 5:2 | Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. |
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