Luke 12:20

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Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’

Jeremiah 17:11

“As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in the end he will be a fool.”

Psalm 39:6

“Surely every man walks about as a phantom;
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

Job 27:8

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

Luke 11:40

You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

1 Kings 16:9-10

His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household at Tirzah.

Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the number of his sons, and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had promoted him above the princes and servants of the king.

Esther 8:1-2

On that day King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had disclosed what he was to her.

Job 20:20-23

“Because he knew no quiet within him,
He does not retain anything he desires.

Job 27:16-17

“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

Psalm 49:17-19

For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.

Psalm 52:5-7

But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

Psalm 73:19

How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!

Psalm 78:30

Before they had satisfied their desire,
While their food was in their mouths,

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.

Ecclesiastes 2:18-22

Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

Ecclesiastes 5:14-16

When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.

Daniel 5:1-6

Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.

Daniel 5:25-30

“Now this is the inscription that was written out: ‘MENĒ, MENĒ, TEKĒL, UPHARSIN.’

Nahum 1:10

Like tangled thorns,
And like those who are drunken with their drink,
They are consumed
As stubble completely withered.

Matthew 24:48-51

But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,’

Luke 16:22-23

Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

1 Timothy 6:7

For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.

James 4:14

Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

Exodus 16:9-10

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, ‘Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your grumblings.’”

1 Samuel 25:36-38

Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light.

2 Samuel 13:28-29

Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “See now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then put him to death. Do not fear; have not I myself commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”

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Luke 12:20

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

God

Thou fool

Luke 11:40

Jeremiah 17:11

James 4:14

General references

Luke 17:27

Bible References

God

Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, ‘Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your grumblings.’”

His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household at Tirzah.

“Because he knew no quiet within him,
He does not retain anything he desires.

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

How they are

destroyed in a moment!

They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!

Before they had satisfied their desire,

While their food was in their mouths,

Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.

Like tangled thorns,
And like those who are drunken with their drink,
They are consumed
As stubble completely withered.

But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,’

While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then

destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

Thou fool

You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

“As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in the end he will be a fool.”

Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

General references

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish,
And the hope of strong men perishes.

A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own imagination.

As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.