James 4:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
  • Luke 12:17-20 : 17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit. 18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy. 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
  • Jas 5:1 : 1 Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
  • Gen 11:3-4 : 3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth. 4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
  • Isa 56:11-12 : 11 Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same. 12 Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.
  • Ezek 7:12 : 12 The time has come, the day is near: let not him who gives a price for goods be glad, or him who gets the price have sorrow:
  • Gen 11:7 : 7 Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
  • Eccl 2:1 : 1 I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.
  • Isa 5:5 : 5 And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;
  • Isa 24:2 : 2 And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.
  • 1 Cor 7:30 : 30 And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 4:14-16
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    84%

    14When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

    15But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.

    16But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.

  • Prov 27:1
    75%

    1Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

  • Jas 4:12
    72%

    12There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?

  • Jas 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

    2Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.

  • Luke 12:18-21
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    71%

    18And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

    20But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

    21So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • Isa 56:12
    71%

    12Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.

  • Ezek 7:12-13
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    71%

    12The time has come, the day is near: let not him who gives a price for goods be glad, or him who gets the price have sorrow:

    13For the trader will not go back to the things for which he had his price, even while he is still living:

  • Matt 6:34
    71%

    34Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

  • Prov 1:19
    70%

    19Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Job 21:13
    69%

    13Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

  • Prov 20:14
    69%

    14A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

  • Jas 1:11
    69%

    11For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.

  • Isa 22:13
    69%

    13But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.

  • Prov 23:4
    69%

    4Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

  • Prov 3:28
    68%

    28Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

  • 1 Cor 7:30-31
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    68%

    30And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;

    31And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.

  • Luke 12:33
    68%

    33Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

  • Prov 13:11
    68%

    11Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

  • Col 4:5
    68%

    5Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

  • 1 Tim 6:7
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    7For we came into the world with nothing, and we are not able to take anything out;

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Eccl 8:7
    68%

    7No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

  • Prov 1:13-14
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    68%

    13Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;

    14Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:

  • Prov 24:33
    68%

    33A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

  • Prov 13:7
    68%

    7A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    68%

    9But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

  • John 4:37
    68%

    37In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

  • 2 Cor 8:10
    68%

    10And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.

  • Eph 5:16
    68%

    16Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.

  • Luke 12:15-16
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    68%

    15And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

    16And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

  • Luke 16:9
    67%

    9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

  • Rev 18:17
    67%

    17For in one hour such great wealth has come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all who are sailing on the sea, and sailors and all who get their living by the sea, were watching from far away,

  • Prov 11:4
    67%

    4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

  • Eccl 11:6
    67%

    6In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.

  • Mark 13:33
    67%

    33Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

  • Eccl 6:12
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    12Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

  • 1 Thess 4:12
    67%

    12That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

  • Jas 5:5
    67%

    5You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.

  • Eccl 3:9
    67%

    9What profit has the worker in the work which he does?