Luke 12:20

New Living Translation

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’

Cross References

Esther 5:11

and boasted to them about his great wealth and his many children. He bragged about the honors the king had given him and how he had been promoted over all the other nobles and officials.

Job 27:8

For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?

Psalm 39:6

We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.

Psalm 49:10

Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind.

Psalm 73:19

In an instant they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors.

Psalm 78:30

But before they satisfied their craving, while the meat was yet in their mouths,

Proverbs 10:2

Tainted wealth has no lasting value, but right living can save your life.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches won’t help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.

Proverbs 13:7

Some who are poor pretend to be rich; others who are rich pretend to be poor.

Proverbs 27:1

Don’t brag about tomorrow, since you don’t know what the day will bring.

Proverbs 28:8

Income from charging high interest rates will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.

Isaiah 56:12

“Come,” they say, “let’s get some wine and have a party. Let’s all get drunk. Then tomorrow we’ll do it again and have an even bigger party!”

Jeremiah 17:11

Like a partridge that hatches eggs she has not laid, so are those who get their wealth by unjust means. At midlife they will lose their riches; in the end, they will become poor old fools.

Amos 6:13

And you brag about your conquest of Lo-debar. You boast, “Didn’t we take Karnaim by our own strength?”

Nahum 1:10

His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field.

Luke 11:40

Fools! Didn’t God make the inside as well as the outside?

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.

1 Timothy 6:17

Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 6:7

After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it.

James 4:14

How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.