Luke 12:19

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

Young's Literal Translation

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 I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

20'And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare — to whom shall they be?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:12lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;

Job 21:11They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

Psalms 49:5Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

Psalms 52:5Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

Proverbs 14:24The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly.

Proverbs 23:5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

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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