Luke 12:20

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?

God

Thou fool

Luke 11:40

Jeremiah 17:11

James 4:14

General references

Luke 17:27

Bible References

God

And it came to pass for the poor man to die and be carried by the heavenly agents to Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died and was buried.

And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, Come near before LORD, for he has heard your murmurings.

And Abigail came to Nabal, and, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Notice ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant.

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

Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save any of that in which he delights.

For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?

How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

They were not estranged from that which they desired. Their food was yet in their mouths

Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late coming,

For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.

Thou fool

Ye foolish men, did not he who made the outside also make the inside?

As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away--

General references

For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?

When a wicked man dies, [his] expectation shall perish, and the hope of iniquity perishes.

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

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

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.