Luke 12:20

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by right; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?

1 Timothy 6:7

for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world;

Psalm 39:6

Surely man goes about as a shadow! Surely for naught are they in turmoil; man heaps up, and knows not who will gather!

James 4:14

whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail comes upon a woman with child, and there will be no escape.

Luke 11:40

You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

Psalm 73:19

How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!

Nahum 1:10

Like entangled thorns they are consumed, like dry stubble.

Proverbs 28:8

He who augments his wealth by interest and increase gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Psalm 78:30

But before they had sated their craving, while the food was still in their mouths,

Esther 5:11

And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and the servants of the king.

Psalm 49:10

Yea, he shall see that even the wise die, the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.

Proverbs 10:2

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

Proverbs 13:7

One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Proverbs 27:1

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

Isaiah 56:12

“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure.”

Amos 6:13

you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”

1 Timothy 6:17

As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy.