Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take yours ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

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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 fruits and my goods.

20But God said unto him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:12Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have 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 the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

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

Proverbs 23:5Will you set yours eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle 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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