Luke 6:24
But wo be to you that are rich: for ye haue receiued your consolation.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
In Context
Cross References
Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked liue, and waxe olde, and grow in wealth?
Psalms 49:16Be not thou afrayd when one is made rich, and when the glory of his house is increased.
Proverbs 1:32For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.
Amos 4:1Heare this worde, ye kine of Bashan that are in the mountaine of Samaria, which oppresse the poore, and destroy the needie, and they say to their masters, Bring, and let vs drinke.
Haggai 2:9The siluer is mine, and the golde is mine, sayth the Lord of hostes.
Matthew 6:5And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they loue to stand, and pray in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streetes, because they would be seene of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.
Matthew Henry on Luke 6:21-27
Blessings and Woes. 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the… Read the whole commentary →