Luke 12:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But God said to him, You fool! This very night they [the messengers of God] will demand your soul of you; and all the things that you have prepared, whose will they be? [Job 27:8; Jer. 17:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

Common English Bible

²⁰ But God said to him, ‘Fool, tonight you will die. Now who will get the things you have prepared for yourself?’

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ But God said to him: 'Foolish one, this very night they require your soul of you. To whom, then, will those things belong, which you have prepared?'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

Luke 12:20 Cross References

Esther 5:11

And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and the servants of the king.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?

Psalm 39:6

Surely man goes about as a shadow! Surely for naught are they in turmoil; man heaps up, and knows not who will gather!

Psalm 49:10

Yea, he shall see that even the wise die, the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 73:19

How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!

Psalm 78:30

But before they had sated their craving, while the food was still in their mouths,

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 13:7

One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Proverbs 27:1

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Proverbs 28:8

He who augments his wealth by interest and increase gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

Isaiah 56:12

“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure.”

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by right; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.

Amos 6:13

you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”

Nahum 1:10

Like entangled thorns they are consumed, like dry stubble.

Luke 11:40

You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail comes upon a woman with child, and there will be no escape.

1 Timothy 6:17

As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy.

1 Timothy 6:7

for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world;

James 4:14

whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.