Luke 12:20

But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

Jeremiah 17:11

The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."

Psalm 39:6

Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away."

Job 27:8

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Luke 11:40

You fools! Didn't the one who made the outside make the inside as well?

1 Kings 16:9-10

His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,

Esther 5:11

Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, his many sons, and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king's other officials and servants.

Esther 8:1-2

On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her.

Job 20:20-23

For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.

Job 27:16-17

If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

Psalm 49:17-19

For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

Psalm 52:5-7

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Psalm 73:19

How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

Psalm 78:30

They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

Proverbs 28:8

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

Ecclesiastes 2:18-22

So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.

Ecclesiastes 5:14-16

Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

Daniel 5:1-6

King Belshazzar prepared a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of them all.

Daniel 5:25-30

"This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEQEL, and PHARSIN.

Nahum 1:10

Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.

Matthew 24:48-51

But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

Luke 16:22-23

"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

Now when they are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

1 Timothy 6:7

For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either.

James 4:14

You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

Exodus 16:9-10

Then Moses said to Aaron, "Tell the whole community of the Israelites, 'Come before the Lord, because he has heard your murmurings.'"

1 Samuel 25:36-38

When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning's light.

2 Samuel 13:28-29

Absalom instructed his servants, "Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' kill him then and there. Don't fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!"

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

Bible References

God

Luke 16:22
"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
Exodus 16:9
Then Moses said to Aaron, "Tell the whole community of the Israelites, 'Come before the Lord, because he has heard your murmurings.'"
1 Samuel 25:36
When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning's light.
2 Samuel 13:28
Absalom instructed his servants, "Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' kill him then and there. Don't fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!"
1 Kings 16:9
His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,
Job 20:20
For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.
Job 27:8
For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Psalm 73:19
How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
Psalm 78:30
They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,
Daniel 5:1
King Belshazzar prepared a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of them all.
Nahum 1:10
Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.
Matthew 24:48
But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'
1 Thessalonians 5:3
Now when they are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

Thou fool

Luke 11:40
You fools! Didn't the one who made the outside make the inside as well?
Jeremiah 17:11
The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."
James 4:14
You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

General references

Job 27:8
For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.
Proverbs 18:11
The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.
Luke 17:27
People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage -- right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

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