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 every good thing which you did not fill, and wells which are dug, but which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you shall eat and be full,

lest when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and lived in them,

If I have made gold my hope, or have called fine gold my trust;

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the perversity of my ambushers will surround me?

God will likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

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

Will your eyes fly on it? And it is gone! For surely it makes wings for itself; it flies into the heavens like an eagle.

Woe to those who join house to house, laying field to field, until the end of space, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!

And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found much wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.

So he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his seine; because by them his portion is fat and his food rich.

Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.

Charge the rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things to enjoy,

Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on.

For

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

Do not boast yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Come now, those saying, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, and we will trade and will make a profit,

Take

There was a certain rich man who was customarily clothed in purple and fine linen and making merry in luxury every day.

And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with headaches and drinking and anxieties of this life; and that day should suddenly come on you;

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

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

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning to go after strong drink; tarrying in the twilight while wine inflames them!

Then, lo, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, saying, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!

You who put the evil day far away, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

If according to man I fought with beasts in Ephesus, what advantage is to me if the dead are not raised? "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, those who mind earthly things.)

But she who lives in self-pleasure has died while living.

traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

You have lived luxuriously on the earth, and lived wantonly. You have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

For the time of life which is past is enough for us to have worked out the will of the nations, having gone on in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, parties, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

As much as she has glorified herself and has lived in luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.

General references

When a wicked man dies, his hope shall perish; and the hope of evil ones shall be lost.

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

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