Luke 6:24

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Luke 6:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible

22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.

24 But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.

25 Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.

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Luke 12:15

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.”

Luke 12:16

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

Luke 12:17

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

Luke 12:18

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.

Luke 12:19

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!”’

Luke 12:20

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?’

Luke 12:21

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

Luke 18:23

But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.

Luke 18:24

Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 18:25

Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Job 21:7

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

Job 21:8

Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.

Job 21:9

Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

Job 21:10

Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.

Job 21:11

They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

Job 21:12

singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.

Job 21:13

They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

Job 21:14

Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

Job 21:15

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

Psalms 49:6

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Psalms 49:7

No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.

Psalms 49:16

Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.

Psalms 49:17

For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

Psalms 49:18

Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—

Psalms 49:19

he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.

Psalms 73:3

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

Psalms 73:4

They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.

Psalms 73:5

They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.

Psalms 73:6

Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.

Psalms 73:7

From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

Psalms 73:8

They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

Psalms 73:9

They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

Psalms 73:10

So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.

Psalms 73:11

The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”

Psalms 73:12

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

Proverbs 1:32

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

Jeremiah 5:5

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

Amos 4:2

The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

Amos 4:3

You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the LORD.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.

Amos 6:2

Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

Amos 6:3

You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

Amos 6:4

You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

Amos 6:5

You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

Amos 6:6

You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

Haggai 2:9

The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

James 5:1

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

James 5:2

Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

James 5:3

Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.

James 5:4

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

James 5:5

You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

Revelation 18:6

Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

Revelation 18:7

As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

Revelation 18:8

Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

Luke 16:19

Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

Luke 16:20

And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

Luke 16:21

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Luke 16:22

One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:23

In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

Luke 16:24

So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

Luke 16:25

But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

Matthew 6:2

So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Matthew 6:5

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Matthew 6:16

When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.