Luke 12:20
And 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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In Context
21So [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Cross References
Exodus 16:9And Moses says to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, Come near before YHWH, for He has heard your murmurings”;
2 Samuel 13:28And Absalom commands his young men, saying, “Now see, when the heart of Amnon [is] glad with wine, and I have said to you, Strike Amnon, that you have put him to death; do not fear; is it not because I have commanded you? Be strong, indeed, become sons of valor.”
Esther 5:11and Haman recounts to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.
Job 20:20For he has not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he does not deliver himself.
Job 27:16If he heaps up silver as dust, || And prepares clothing as clay,
Psalms 49:17For at his death he receives nothing, || His glory does not go down after him.
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 →