Luke 12:19-21

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?'
21 So is the one 7who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."

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Cross References 7

  • 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]
  • 7. Matthew 6:19, 20
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