Luke 12:20

Good News Translation

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself?’”

Cross References

Esther 5:11

He boasted to them about how rich he was, how many sons he had, how the king had promoted him to high office, and how much more important he was than any of the king's other officials.

Job 27:8

What hope is there for the godless in the hour when God demands their life?

Psalm 39:6

no more than a shadow. All we do is for nothing; we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.

Psalm 49:10

Anyone can see that even the wise die, as well as the foolish and stupid. They all leave their riches to their descendants.

Psalm 73:19

They are instantly destroyed; they go down to a horrible end.

Psalm 78:30

But they had not yet satisfied their craving and were still eating,

Proverbs 10:2

Wealth you get by dishonesty will do you no good, but honesty can save your life.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches will do you no good on the day you face death, but honesty can save your life.

Proverbs 13:7

Some people pretend to be rich, but have nothing. Others pretend to be poor, but own a fortune.

Proverbs 27:1

Never boast about tomorrow. You don't know what will happen between now and then.

Proverbs 28:8

If you get rich by charging interest and taking advantage of people, your wealth will go to someone who is kind to the poor.

Isaiah 56:12

‘Let's get some wine,’ these drunkards say, ‘and drink all we can hold! Tomorrow will be even better than today!’”

Jeremiah 17:11

The person who gets money dishonestly is like a bird that hatches eggs it didn't lay. In the prime of life he will lose his riches, and in the end he is nothing but a fool.

Amos 6:13

You brag about capturing the town of Lodebar. You boast, “We were strong enough to take Karnaim.”

Nahum 1:10

Like tangled thorns and dry straw you drunkards will be burned up!

Luke 11:40

Fools! Did not God, who made the outside, also make the inside?

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people say, “Everything is quiet and safe,” then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in the things of this life not to be proud, but to place their hope, not in such an uncertain thing as riches, but in God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 6:7

What did we bring into the world? Nothing! What can we take out of the world? Nothing!

James 4:14

You don't even know what your life tomorrow will be! You are like a puff of smoke, which appears for a moment and then disappears.