Luke 12:20

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

But God said unto him—Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:11

As a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, So is he that maketh riches but not with justice,—In the midst of his days, shall he leave them, And in his latter end, prove to have been base.

Job 27:8

For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?

1 Timothy 6:7

For, nothing, brought we into the world, neither, to take anything out, are we able;—

Psalm 39:6

Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.

James 4:14

Men who are not versed in the morrow—of what sort your life will be ; for ye are, a vapour—for a little, appearing, then, just disappearing!

1 Thessalonians 5:3

As soon as they begin to say—Peace! and safety! then, suddenly, upon them, cometh destruction,—just as the birth-throe unto her that is with child,—and in nowise shall they escape.

Luke 11:40

Simple ones! Did not, he who made the outside, the inside also, make?

Psalm 73:19

How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased—come to an end, by reason of calamities.

Nahum 1:10

Though they were like thorns intertwined, and as drunkards drenched with their drink, yet have they been devoured, like stubble fully dry.

Proverbs 28:8

He that increaseth his substance by interest and profit, for one ready to favour the poor, doth gather it.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth, shall not profit, in the day of wrath, but, righteousness, shall deliver from death.

Psalm 78:30

They had not turned away from what they had longed for, Yet was their food in their mouth,

Esther 5:11

and Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children,—and all the things wherein the king had promoted him to power, and how he had advanced him, above the rulers and the servants of the king.

Psalm 49:10

For it is seen that, the wise, die, Together with the dullard, and the brutish, do they perish, And leave, to others, their wealth:

Proverbs 10:2

The treasures of lawlessness, do not profit, but, righteousness, delivereth from death.

Proverbs 13:7

There is who feigneth himself rich, yet hath nothing at all, who pleadeth poverty, yet hath great substance.

Proverbs 27:1

Do not boast thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Isaiah 56:12

Come ye! I will fetch wine Let us fill ourselves with strong drink,—And like this day, shall, to-morrow be—Great beyond measure!

Amos 6:13

Who rejoice in a thing of nought,—who say, Have we not by our own strength, taken to ourselves horns?

1 Timothy 6:17

Upon them who are rich in the present age, lay thou charge—not to be high-minded, nor to have set their hope on, riches’, uncertainty,—but on God, who offereth us all things richly for enjoying,