Luke 12:18

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Luke 12:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Luke 12:21

This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

Luke 18:4

For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

Luke 18:6

And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.

Psalms 17:14

from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

James 3:15

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

James 4:15

Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”