Luke 12:20

But Hashem said to him, Goilem! Halailah hazeh your nashamah is required of you. Now to whom will be given what you prepared? + 12:20 Jer 17:11; Job 27:8; Ps 39:6; 49:10

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

In Context

19And I will say to my neshamah, Neshamah, you have an ample store of goods for many years to come. Take your ease, LEEKHOL, VLISHTOT, VLISHMOACH + 12:19 Koh 8:15 (to eat, and to drink, and to be merry).

21Such is the one hoarding up for himself and not having osher toward Hashem.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:9And Moshe spoke unto Aharon, Say unto kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, Come near before Hashem; for He hath heard your telunnot.

2 Samuel 13:28Now Avshalom had commanded his avadim, saying, Mark ye now when Amnonʼs lev is high with yayin, and when I say unto you, Strike Amnon; then kill him, fear not; have not I commanded you? Be chazak (courageous), and be bnei chayil.

Esther 5:11And Haman told them of the kavod of his osher, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein HaMelech had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the sarim (princes) and avadim of HaMelech.

Job 20:20Surely he knew no quiet in his beten; 1 he shall not save anything which he desired. 1

Job 27:16Though he heap up kesef as the aphar, 1 and pile up raiment as the clay, 1

Psalms 49:17Be not thou afraid when one is made an ish oishir, 1 when the kavod of his bais is increased; 1

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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