"But God said unto him, {Thou} fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, whi…" — Luke 12:20

Luke 12:20 · KJV

“But God said unto him, {Thou} fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? {thy...: Gr. do they require thy soul}”

— Luke 12:20

Verse 19

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.

Verse 21

So {is} he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Luke 12 — Context

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

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.

But God said unto him, {Thou} fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? {thy...: Gr. do they require thy soul}

So {is} he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

Cross References

Job 27:8

For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Jeremiah 17:11

{As} the partridge sitteth {on eggs}, and hatcheth {them} not; {so} he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. {sitteth...: or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth}

1 Timothy 6:7

For we brought nothing into {this} world, {and it is} certain we can carry nothing out.

Psalms 39:6

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them. {a vain...: Heb. an image}

James 4:14

Whereas ye know not what {shall be} on the morrow. For what {is} your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. {It...: or, For it is}

Job 27:16-17

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

Psalms 49:17-19

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

Luke 16:22-23

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;