Luke 12:19

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

Darby Translation

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 will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;

20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:12lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,

Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

Psalms 49:5Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, [when] the iniquity of my supplanters encompasseth me?

Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Proverbs 14:24The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly.

Proverbs 23:5wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

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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