Luke 12:19

New American Bible - revised edition

and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’

Cross References

Proverbs 27:1

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

1 Corinthians 15:32

If at Ephesus I fought with beasts, so to speak, what benefit was it to me? If the dead are not raised: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

Isaiah 5:11

Ah! Those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, lingering late inflamed by wine,

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O youth, while you are young and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart, the vision of your eyes; Yet understand regarding all this that God will bring you to judgment.

James 5:5

You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with earthly things.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of the rich is their strong city; they fancy it a high wall.

Psalm 62:10

Mortals are a mere breath, the sons of man but an illusion; On a balance they rise; together they weigh nothing.

Revelation 18:7

To the measure of her boasting and wantonness repay her in torment and grief; for she said to herself, ‘I sit enthroned as queen; I am no widow, and I will never know grief.’

1 Peter 4:3

For the time that has passed is sufficient for doing what the Gentiles like to do: living in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and wanton idolatry.

2 Timothy 3:4

traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

Hosea 12:8

A merchant who holds a false balance, he loves to extort!

Isaiah 22:13

But look! instead, there was celebration and joy, slaughtering cattle and butchering sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: “Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Isaiah 5:8

Ah! Those who join house to house, who connect field with field, Until no space remains, and you alone dwell in the midst of the land!

Proverbs 23:5

When your glance flits to it, it is gone! For assuredly it grows wings, like the eagle that flies toward heaven.

Job 14:1

Man born of woman is short-lived and full of trouble,

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 5:6

But the one who is self-indulgent is dead while she lives.

Luke 21:34

“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise

Luke 16:19

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day.

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he makes sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his fishing net; For thanks to them his portion is rich, and his meal lavish.

Psalm 49:18

At his death he will not take along anything, his glory will not go down after him.

1 Samuel 30:16

So he led them down, and there were the Amalekites lounging all over the ground, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of all the rich plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. The Plunder Recovered.

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but justice saves from death.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink and provide themselves with good things from their toil. Even this, I saw, is from the hand of God.

Isaiah 56:12

“Come, let me bring wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink, And tomorrow will be like today, or even greater.”

Amos 6:13

You who rejoice in Lodebar, and say, “Have we not, by our own strength, seized Karnaim for ourselves?”

Luke 12:18

And he said, ‘This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is wealth; the diadem of fools is folly.