Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

Revised Version 1895

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 bestow all my corn and my goods.

20But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:12lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

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

Psalms 49:5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah

Proverbs 14:24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the folly of fools is only folly.

Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth 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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