Luke 12:20

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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 spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath 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 drunken: wherefore 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 not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

And his servant 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.

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

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

For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh 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 sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

General references

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

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

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 did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.