Luke 19:21
For I feared thee, because thou art a straight man: thou takest vp, that thou layedst not downe, and reapest that thou diddest not sowe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
20So the other came, and sayd, Lord, beholde thy piece, which I haue laide vp in a napkin:
Cross References
Exodus 20:19And sayde vnto Moses, Talke thou with vs, and we will heare: but let not God talke with vs, lest we die.
1 Samuel 12:20And Samuel said vnto the people, Feare not. (ye haue indeede done all this wickednesse, yet depart not from following the Lord, but serue the Lord with all your heart,
Job 21:14They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
Malachi 3:14Ye haue saide, It is in vaine to serue God: and what profite is it that we haue kept his commandement, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hostes?
Romans 8:7Because the wisedome of the flesh is enimitie against God: for it is not subiect to the Lawe of God, neither in deede can be.
2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not giuen to vs the Spirite of feare, but of power, and of loue, and of a sound minde.
Matthew Henry on Luke 19:12-28
The Nobleman and His Servants. 11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this… Read the whole commentary →