Luke 12:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘But God said to him, “You fool!   This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared #– #whose will they be? ”

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:11

He who makes a fortune unjustly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay. In the middle of his life his riches will abandon him, so in the end he will be a fool.

Job 27:8

For what hope does the godless person   have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

1 Timothy 6:7

For we brought nothing into the world, and  we can take nothing out.

James 4:14

Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring #– #what your life will be! For you are like vapour that appears for a little while, then vanishes.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they say, ‘Peace and security’, then sudden destruction  will come upon them, like labour pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Luke 11:40

Fools!   Didn’t he who made the outside make the inside too?

Nahum 1:10

For they will be consumed like entangled thorns, like the drink of a drunkard and like straw that is fully dry.

Proverbs 28:8

Whoever increases his wealth through excessive interest collects it for one who is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death.

Esther 5:11

Then Haman described for them his glorious wealth and his many sons. He told them all how the king had honoured him and promoted him in rank over the other officials and the royal staff.

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone, but righteousness rescues from death.

Proverbs 13:7

One person pretends to be rich but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.

Proverbs 27:1

Don’t boast about tomorrow, for you don’t know what a day might bring.

Isaiah 56:12

‘Come, let me get some wine, let’s guzzle some beer; and tomorrow will be like today, only far better! ’

Amos 6:13

you who rejoice over Lo-debar and say, ‘Didn’t we capture Karnaim for ourselves by our own strength? ’

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant  or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God,  who richly provides us with all things  to enjoy.