Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

In Context

18And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

20But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:12And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;

Job 21:11They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance,

Psalms 49:5\49:4\I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.

Psalms 52:5\52:3\You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

Proverbs 14:24Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

Proverbs 23:5Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:14-22

Worldly-mindedness Exposed. 13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 15 And 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. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I… Read the whole commentary →

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