Luke 12:19

and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

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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

18And he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and I will build greater ones, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

20And God said to him, Unthinking [one]! This night your life is required of you, and what things you prepared—to whom will they be [given]?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:12lest you eat and have been satisfied, and build good houses and have inhabited [them],

Job 21:11They send forth their sucklings as a flock, || And their children skip,

Psalms 49:5Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters surrounds me.

Psalms 52:5Also—God breaks you down forever, || Takes you, and pulls you out of the tent, || And He has uprooted you || Out of the land of the living. Selah.

Proverbs 14:24The crown of the wise is their wealth, || The folly of fools [is] folly.

Proverbs 23:5For wealth makes wings to itself, || It flies to the heavens as 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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