Luke 12:19-20

19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up ¹for many years; relax, ²eat, drink, be merry.'

20 But God said to him, ³'Fool! ⁴This night ⁵your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, ⁶whose will they be?'

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Cross References 6

1. [Proverbs 27:1; James 4:13-15]
2. Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 11:9; 1 Corinthians 15:32; [Luke 15:23]
3. Jeremiah 17:11; [Matthew 16:26]
4. [See ver. 19 above]
5. Job 27:8
6. Psalms 39:6; [Job 27:17-22; Ecclesiastes 2:18, 21]

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