Luke 12:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹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.›

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  • Ps 17:14 : 14 From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
  • Luke 12:21 : 21 ‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›
  • Luke 18:4 : 4 ‹And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;›
  • Luke 18:6 : 6 And the Lord said, ‹Hear what the unjust judge saith.›
  • Jas 3:15 : 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, devilish.
  • Jas 4:15 : 15 For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

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