Luke 12:19

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, 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 will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all my crops and my goods;

20But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up?

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Cross References

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

Psalms 49:5Why should I fear in the days of adversity, When the iniquity of my adversaries encompasseth me;

Psalms 52:5Thee also shall God utterly destroy! o He shall seize thee, and tear thee from thy dwelling-place, And uproot thee from the land of the living. [[Pause.]]

Proverbs 14:24Riches are a crown to the wise; But the promotion of fools is folly.

Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou let thine eyes fly toward them? They are gone! For riches truly make to themselves wings; They fly away like the eagle toward heaven.

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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