Luke 12:16

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Luke 12:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”

15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

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Genesis 26:12

Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

Genesis 26:13

and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

Genesis 26:14

He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 41:47

During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.

Genesis 41:48

During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.

Genesis 41:49

So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.

Psalms 73:3

For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalms 73:12

Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.

Hosea 2:8

For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal.

Matthew 5:45

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Acts 14:17

Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”