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 you did not fill, and cisterns dug out, 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 goodly houses, and lived therein;

"If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

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

Do not trust in oppression. Do not become vain in robbery. If riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.

Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."

Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.

"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

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

For

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

Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let us go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."

Take

"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

"So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

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

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, 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, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them.

and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die."

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

If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.

traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

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

For enough time in the past has been spent doing the will of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.'

General references

When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

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