Luke 12:20

The Message

“Just then God showed up and said, ‘Fool! Tonight you die. And your barnful of goods—who gets it?’

Cross References

Psalm 49:10

Anyone can see that the brightest and best die, wiped out right along with fools and idiots. They leave all their prowess behind, move into their new home, The Coffin, The cemetery their permanent address. And to think they named counties after themselves!

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten gain gets you nowhere; an honest life is immortal.

Proverbs 11:4

A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart, but a principled life can stand up to the worst.

Proverbs 13:7

A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.

Proverbs 27:1

Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow; you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow.

Proverbs 28:8

Get as rich as you want through cheating and extortion, But eventually some friend of the poor is going to give it all back to them.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like a cowbird that cheats by laying its eggs in another bird’s nest Is the person who gets rich by cheating. When the eggs hatch, the deceit is exposed. What a fool he’ll look like then! * * *

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell those rich in this world’s wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage—to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. If they do that, they’ll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life.