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Luke 12:19

Money and wealthThe future and plans

17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

21 This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
KJV
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
WEB
I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’
ASV
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
DARBY
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
BLB
And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, be merry.”’
ÅB
og så vil jeg si til min sjel: Sjel! du har meget godt liggende for mange år; slå deg til ro, et, drikk, vær glad!
OTB
Og jeg vil si til min sjel, “Du har mange goder lagret opp for mange år; ta det med ro, spis, drikk og vær glad.”’
B1930
og så vil jeg si til min sjel: Sjel! du har meget godt liggende for mange år; slå dig til ro, et, drikk, vær glad!

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 27:1

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

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  • James 4:13–15

    Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

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  • Matthew 6:19–21

    Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:32

    If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

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  • Philippians 3:19

    Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

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  • Isaiah 5:11

    Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

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  • Ecclesiastes 11:9

    Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

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  • James 5:5

    You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

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