Luke 12:19

Then I'll tell myself: You have enough to live on for many years, so take life easy: eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!’

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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

18I know what I'll do,’ he decided. ‘I'll pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and then I'll be able to store all my crops and everything I own.

20But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Your life will be demanded back this very night, and then who will get everything you've stored up?’

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:12For when you eat and are full, when you build beautiful houses to live in,

Job 21:11They send out their little ones like lambs to play; their children dance around.

Psalms 49:5Why should I be afraid when trouble comes, when evil enemies surround me?

Psalms 52:5But God will strike you down so hard you'll never get up. He will grab hold of you and drag you from your tent. He will tear you out of the land of the living. Selah.

Proverbs 14:24The wise are rewarded with wealth, but stupid people are rewarded with stupidity.

Proverbs 23:5It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.

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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