Luke 12:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But God sayde vnto hym: Thou foole, this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe fro thee: Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided?

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  • Jer 17:11 : 11 The partrich maketh a nest of egges, which she layed not: he commeth by riches, but not righteously, in the middest of his life must he leane them behynde hym, & at the last be founde a very foole.
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them.
  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good, if God take away his soule?
  • Luke 11:40 : 40 Ye fooles, dyd not he that made that whiche is without, make that which is within also?
  • Luke 16:22-23 : 22 And it came to passe, that the begger dyed, and was caryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed. 23 And beyng in hell in tormentes, he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre of, and Lazarus in his bosome,
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they shal say peace & safetie, then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them, as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde, and they shall not escape.
  • 1 Tim 6:7 : 7 For we brought nothyng into the worlde, and it is certayne that we may carry nought away.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe. For what thyng is your lyfe? It is euen a vapour, that appeareth for a litle tyme, and then he vanisheth away.
  • Dan 5:1-6 : 1 King Balthasar made a great feast to a thousand of his princes, and dranke wine before the thousande. 2 And Balthasar when he had tasted the wine, commaunded to bring hym the golden and siluer vessels, whiche his father Nabuchodonozor had brought from the temple in Hierusalem, that the king and his princes, and his wyues, and his concubines, might drinke therin. 3 So were brought the golde vessels that they had taken out of the temple of the Lordes house at Hierusalem: and the king, and his princes, his wyues, and his concubines drunke in them. 4 They drunke wine, & praysed the gods of golde, siluer, brasse, iron, wood, and stone. 5 In the very same houre there appeared fingers of a mans hande wryting right ouer against the candlesticke vpon the plaster of the wall of the kinges palace, and the king sawe the knockles of the hande that wrote. 6 Then chaunged the king his countenaunce, & his thoughtes troubled hym, so that the ioyntes of his loynes were loosed, and his knees smote one against the other.
  • Dan 5:25-30 : 25 And this the writing that he hath writte: MENE MENE, THECEL, VPHARSIN. 26 Now the interpretation of the thing is this: MENE, God hath numbred thy kingdome, and brought it to an ende. 27 THECEL, thou art wayed in the balauce, and art founde wanting. 28 PHERES, thy kingdome is deuided, and geuen to the Medes, and Perses. 29 Then commaunded Balthasar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and a chayne of golde about is necke, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdome. 30 The very same night was Balthasar the king of the Chaldees slaine.
  • Nah 1:10 : 10 For whyles the thornes cleaue together, and whyles they banquet out their feastes, they are deuoured vp as very drie stubble.
  • Matt 24:48-51 : 48 But and yf that euyll seruaunt say in his heart, my Lorde wyll be long a commyng: 49 And so begyn to smyte his felowes, yea, and to eate and drynke with the dronken: 50 The same seruauntes Lorde shall come in a day, when he loketh not for hym, and in an houre that he is not ware of: 51 And shall hewe hym in peeces, & geue hym his portion with hypocrites: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay: 17 He may well prepare it, but the godly shall put it on, and the innocent shall deale out the money.
  • 1 Kgs 16:9-9 : 9 And his seruaunt Zimri (which was captayne of halfe his charets) conspired against him as he was in Thirza drinking, and was druncken in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Thirza. 10 And Zimri came, and smote him, and killed him in the twentie & seuenth yere of Asa king of Iuda, and raigned in his steade.
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman tolde them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the thinges wherein the king had promoted him so greatly, and how that he had set him aboue the princes and seruauntes of the king.
  • Esth 8:1-2 : 1 The same day did king Ahasuerus geue the house of Haman the Iewes enemie vnto queene Esther, and Mardocheus came before the king: for Esther tolde what he was vnto her. 2 And the king toke of his ring which he had taken from Haman, and gaue it vnto Mardocheus. And Esther sette Mardocheus ouer the house of Haman.
  • Job 20:20-23 : 20 Because he could not perceaue when his belly was well, through his greedie desire he shall not escape. 21 There shall none of his meate be left, therefore shall no man loke for his goodes. 22 When he had plenteousnesse of euery thing, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery side. 23 And it shall come to passe, that wherewith he purposed to fill his belly, God shall powre the furie of his wrath theron, and shall cause his indignation to raigne vpon him, and vpon his meate.
  • Ps 49:17-19 : 17 For he shall cary nothyng away with hym when he dyeth: neither shall his pompe folowe after hym. 18 For whyle he lyued he counted him selfe an happy man: and so long as thou doest well vnto thy selfe, men wyll speake good of thee. 19 But he shal folowe the generations of his fathers: and shall neuer see lyght.
  • Ps 52:5-7 : 5 Therfore the Lord wyll destroy thee for euer: he wyll take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwelling, and roote thee out of the lande of the liuing. Selah. 6 The righteous also shall see this: and they wyll be afraide and laugh hym to scorne. 7 Saying lo this is the man that put not the Lorde to be his strength: but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and strengthed him selfe in his wickednesse.
  • Ps 73:19 : 19 Oh howe be they brought to a destruction euen vpon a sodayne: they faynt, they consume away for very dread.
  • Ps 78:30 : 30 But whyle the meate was yet in their mouthes, the heauy wrath of God came vpon them, and slue the welthyest of them: and made the chosen men of Israel to stoupe.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 He that by vsurie and vniust gaynes gathereth riches: he shall lay them in store for a man that will pitie the poore.
  • Eccl 2:18-22 : 18 Yea I was weery of my labour which I had taken vnder the sunne, because I shoulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man that commeth after me: 19 And who knoweth whether he shalbe a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lorde of all my laboures which I with such wisdome haue taken vnder the sunne: This is also a vayne thyng. 20 So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all such trauayle as I toke vnder the sunne, 21 Forsomuch as a man shoulde weery hym selfe with wisdome, with vnderstandyng and oportunitie, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another that neuer sweat for them: This is also a vayne thyng, and great miserie. 22 For what getteth a man of all the labour and trauayle of his mynde that he taketh vnder the sunne?
  • Eccl 5:14-16 : 14 For oft tymes they perishe with his great miserie and trouble: and yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothyng. 15 Lyke as he came naked out of his mothers wombe, so goeth he thyther agayne, and caryeth nothyng away with him of all his labour. 16 This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde?
  • Exod 16:9-9 : 9 And Moyses spake vnto Aaron: say vnto al the congregation of the children of Israel, come foorth before the Lord: for he hath hearde your grudgynges. 10 And as Aaron spake vnto the whole congregation of the chyldren of Israel, they looked towarde the wyldernesse, and beholde, the glory of the Lorde appeared in the cloude.
  • 1 Sam 25:36-38 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and beholde, he held a feast in his house lyke the feast of a king, and Nabals heart was mery within hym, for he was very drunken: Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more, vntyll the morowe mornyng. 37 But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wyfe tolde him these wordes, and his heart dyed within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And vpon a ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.
  • 2 Sam 13:28-29 : 28 Now had Absalom commaunded his young men, saying: Marke when Amnons heart is mery with wine, and when I bid you smyte Amnon: then kil him, and feare not: haue not I bidden you? be bolde therfore, & play the men. 29 And the seruauntes of Absalom dyd vnto Amnon euen as Absalom had commaunded: And al the kinges sonnes arose, and euery man gat him vp vpon his mule, and fled.

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