Luke 12:15
So he said to them: “Be cautious and wary of all avarice. For a person’s life is not found in the abundance of the things that he possesses.”
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In Context
14But he said to him, “Man, who has appointed me as judge or arbitrator over you?”
Cross References
Joshua 7:21For I saw among the spoils a very fine scarlet cloak, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a gold bar of fifty shekels. And coveting these, I took and hid them in the ground near the middle of my tent, and I covered the silver with the soil that I had dug.”
Job 2:4Answering him, Satan said, “Skin for skin; and everything that a man has, he will give for his life.
Psalms 10:3For behold, the sinners have bent their bow. They have prepared their arrows in the quiver, so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.
Psalms 62:10Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.
Proverbs 15:16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures and dissatisfaction.
Proverbs 23:4Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.
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 →