Luke 12:19

I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods stored up for many years. Rest easy, eat, drink, be merry.”'

Unlocked Literal Bible

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

18He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all of my grain and other goods.

20But God said to him, 'Foolish man, tonight your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:12otherwise, when you eat and are full, and when you build good houses and live in them, your heart will be lifted up.

Job 21:11They send out their little ones like a flock, 1 and their children dance. 1

Psalms 49:5Why should I fear the days of evil, 1 when iniquity surrounds me at my heels? 1

Psalms 52:5God will likewise destroy you forever; 1 he will take you up and pluck you out of your tent 1 and root you out of the land of the living. Selah 1

Proverbs 14:24The crown of wise people is their wealth, 1 but the folly of fools brings them only more folly. 1

Proverbs 23:5Will you let your eyes light upon it? 1 It will be gone, 1 for it will surely take up wings like an eagle 1 and fly off to the sky. 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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