"It's Only Money"

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In at least two different circumstances, I recently read either part of the Sermon on the Mount or an-other work that references it.  One part in particular is relevant to this project:

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  (Matthew 6:19-21)

I'm fairly certain that these verses are referenced in Argent's "It's Only Money" (both Pt. 1 and Pt. 2).  Both songs have the lines "It's not what's at the door / But the money you have in your soul" and the whole stanza:

Think of what you save
If you keep your money in a cave
But keep it in your mind
What good's a fortune left behind

"It's Only Money, Pt. 2" also has a similar stanza that "It's Only Money, Pt. 1" doesn't share:

Keep it in your head
You won't take it with you when you're dead
Bear it in your mind
What good's a fortune left behind

They all share a focus on things that are permanent rather than things that are transient.