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

"One day, the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

Then Moses instructed Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the Israelis, "Come near into the LORD's presence, because he has heard your complaints.'"

Abigail returned to Nabal, and he was there in his house holding a festival like the festival of a king. Nabal's heart was glad, and he was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything at all until morning.

Then Absalom instructed his young men, "Please keep watching Amnon until he's drunk. Then I'll tell you, "Attack Amnon!' As soon as I do, kill him and don't be afraid! You have your orders, so be strong and brave!"

But his servant Zimri, who commanded half of his chariot forces, conspired against Elah while he was drinking himself drunk in the home of Arza, who managed the household at Tirzah.

"Since his appetite won't quit; he won't let anything escape his lust.

For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

How desolate they quickly become, completely destroyed by calamities.

However, before they had fulfilled their desire, while their food was still in their mouths,

King Belshazzar put on a great festival for a thousand of his officials. He joined all one thousand of them in getting drunk.

Indeed, while tangled as by a thorn bush, while drunken as by a strong drink, the Ninevites will be burned like dry straw.

"But if that wicked servant says to himself, "My master has been delayed,'

When people say, "There is peace and security," destruction will strike them as suddenly as labor pains come to a pregnant woman, and they will not be able to escape.

Thou fool

You fools! The one who made the outside made the inside, too, didn't he?

As a partridge gathers together eggs that it didn't lay, so is a person who amasses wealth unjustly. In the middle of his life it will leave him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool."

You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

General references

For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

When a wicked person dies, his hope vanishes; and what he expected from his scheming comes to nothing.

The wealth of a rich person is his fortified city; in his own imagination, it is like a high wall.

Just as he came naked from his mother's womb, he will leave as naked as he came; he will receive no profit from his efforts he cannot carry away even a handful.

People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them.