Luke 6:24
However, woe to you the rich, because ye have received your consolation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
In Context
Cross References
Job 21:7Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?
Psalms 49:16Be not thou afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.
Proverbs 1:32For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink.
Haggai 2:9The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says LORD of hosts, and in this place I will give peace, says LORD of hosts.
Matthew 6:5And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love to pray having stood in the synagogues and in the corners of the thoroughfares, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
Matthew Henry on Luke 6:21-27
Blessings and Woes. 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the… Read the whole commentary →