Luke 12:19

The Passion Translation

Then I can just sit back, surrounded with comfort and ease. I’ll enjoy life with no worries at all.’

Cross References

Psalm 49:18

Though they have the greatest rewards of this world and all applaud them for their accomplishments, they will follow those who have gone before them and go straight into the realm of darkness, where they will never ever see the light again.

Psalm 62:10

The wealth of the world is nothing to God. So if your wealth increases, don’t be boastful or put your trust in your money. And don’t you think for a moment that you can get away with stealing by overcharging others just to get more for yourself!

Proverbs 10:2

Gaining wealth through dishonesty is no gain at all. But honesty brings you a lasting happiness.

Proverbs 14:24

The true net worth of the wise is the wealth that wisdom imparts. But the way of life for the fool is his foolishness.

Proverbs 18:11

The rich, in their conceit, imagine that their wealth is enough to protect them. It becomes their confidence in a day of trouble.

Proverbs 23:5

For no sooner do you start counting your wealth than it sprouts wings and flies away like an eagle in the sky— here today, gone tomorrow!

Proverbs 27:1

Never brag about the plans you have for tomorrow, for you don’t have a clue what tomorrow may bring to you.

Isaiah 22:13

But instead, you celebrated with joy and festivity, slaughtering the sheep and the fatted ox, saying, “We will feast on meat and drink much wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who start drinking early in the morning, lingering late into the night to get drunk with wine.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who, in their greed, buy up house after house to make one grand estate until there is no place for anyone else and only the landowner is left!

Isaiah 56:12

Each one says, “Let’s get wine and liquor and have a party! And tomorrow, more of the same, except even better!”

Luke 12:18

I know what I’ll do! I’ll tear down the barns and build one massive barn to hold all my grain and goods.

Luke 16:19

Jesus continued. “There once was a very rich man who had the finest things imaginable, living every day enjoying his life of opulent luxury.

Luke 21:34

“Be careful that you never allow your hearts to grow cold. Be careful that you are not caught off guard, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, and that day will come upon you suddenly like a trap. Don’t let me come and find you drunk or living carelessly like everyone else.

1 Corinthians 15:32

Tell me, why did I fight “wild beasts” in Ephesus if my hope is in this life only? What was the point of that? If the dead do not rise, then Let’s party all night, for tomorrow we die!

Philippians 3:19

doom awaits them. Their god has possessed them and made them mute. Their boast is in their shameful lifestyles and their minds are in the dirt.

1 Timothy 5:6

But the widow who serves only herself lives a life of self-indulgence and is wasting her life away.

1 Timothy 6:17

To all the rich of this world, I command you not to be wrapped in thoughts of pride over your prosperity, or rely on your wealth, for your riches are unreliable and nothing compared to the living God. Trust instead in the one who lavishes upon us all good things, fulfilling our every need.

2 Timothy 3:4

With brutal treachery, they will act without restraint, bigoted and wrapped in clouds of their conceit. They will find their delight in the pleasures of this world more than the pleasures of the loving God.

James 5:5

You have indulged yourselves with every luxury and pleasure this world offers, but you’re only stuffing your heart full for a day of slaughter.

1 Peter 4:3

For you have already spent enough time doing what unbelievers love to do—living in debauchery, sensuality, partying, drunkenness, wild drinking parties, and the worship of demons.

Revelation 18:7

With the same measure she exalted herself and lived luxuriously, give her that measure of torment and grief, because she said in her heart, ‘I am no widow; I rule as a queen! I will never experience grief.’