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

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

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

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.

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!"

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

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

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

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.

The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

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.

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.