Luke 12:19

New English Translation

And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

Cross References

Job 14:1

“Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.

Psalm 49:18

He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: “May men praise you, for you have done well!”

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

Proverbs 10:2

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

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

Proverbs 23:5

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Proverbs 27:1

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

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

Isaiah 22:13

But look, there is outright celebration! You say, “Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Isaiah 5:11

Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.

Isaiah 5:8

Those who accumulate houses are as good as dead, those who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.

Isaiah 56:12

Each one says, ‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’

Hosea 12:8

Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful.”

Amos 6:13

You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say, “Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?”

Habakkuk 1:16

Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet; for because of them he has plenty of food, and more than enough to eat.

Luke 12:18

Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

Luke 16:19

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

Luke 21:34

“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

1 Corinthians 15:32

If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.

1 Timothy 5:6

But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

2 Timothy 3:4

treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.

James 5:5

You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

1 Peter 4:3

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.

Revelation 18:7

As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’

1 Samuel 30:16

So he took David down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.