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 that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom; the rich man also died and was buried;

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

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

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

And his slave Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah.

therefore, he shall not feel quietness in his belly; he shall not escape with that which he desired.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has stolen much, when God takes away his soul?

How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They have come to an end; they are utterly consumed with terrors.

they were not estranged from their lust. But while their food was yet in their mouths,

Belshazzar the king made a great banquet to a thousand of his lords, and against the thousand he drank wine.

For while they are entwined together as thorns, and while the drunkards shall be drinking, they shall be devoured as stubble full of dryness.

But and if that evil slave shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming,

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction shall come upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Thou fool

Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

As the partridge that steals that which she did not hatch, is he that gets riches and not with righteousness; in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.

and ye do not know what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? Certainly it is a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

General references

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has stolen much, when God takes away his soul?

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of unjust men shall perish.

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

As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

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