Luke 12:19

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Summary

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.

Soul

For

Job 14:1

Proverbs 27:1

James 4:13

Take

General references

Proverbs 11:7

Proverbs 18:11

Luke 17:27

Bible References

Soul

and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full;

lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah

Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon .

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

For

Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

Take

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:

They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.

-ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.

whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:

How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.

General references

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.