Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures. — Literally, with a force which the English lacks, treasure not up your treasures.

Where moth and rust doth corrupt. — The first word points to one form of Eastern wealth, the costly garments of rich material, often embroidered with gold and silver. (Comp. “Your garments are moth-eaten” in James 5:2.) The second word is not so much the specific “rust” of metals, as the decay which eats into and corrodes all the perishable goods of earth.