James 4:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit;

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  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
  • Luke 12:17-20 : 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops? 18 And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?
  • Jas 5:1 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you.
  • Gen 11:3-4 : 3 And they said to one another, Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and tar they had for mortar. 4 And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.
  • Isa 56:11-12 : 11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his territory. 12 Come, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
  • Ezek 7:12 : 12 The time has come, the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
  • Gen 11:7 : 7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
  • Eccl 2:1 : 1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure." And behold, this also is vanity.
  • Isa 5:5 : 5 And now, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down:
  • Isa 24:2 : 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.
  • 1 Cor 7:30 : 30 those who weep, as though they did not weep; those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; those who buy, as though they did not possess,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 4:14-16
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    84%

    14Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

    15Instead you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.

    16But now you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

  • Prov 27:1
    75%

    1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

  • Jas 4:12
    72%

    12There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?

  • Jas 5:1-2
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    72%

    1Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you.

    2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

  • Luke 12:18-21
    4 verses
    71%

    18And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods.

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.

    20But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?

    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Isa 56:12
    71%

    12Come, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

  • Ezek 7:12-13
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    71%

    12The time has come, the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

    13For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, though they are yet alive; for the vision concerns the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

  • Matt 6:34
    71%

    34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

  • Prov 1:19
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    19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Job 21:13
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    13They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to the grave.

  • Prov 20:14
    69%

    14It is worthless, it is worthless, says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

  • Jas 1:11
    69%

    11For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

  • Isa 22:13
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    13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.

  • Prov 23:4
    69%

    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

  • Prov 3:28
    68%

    28Do not say to your neighbor, 'Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give,' when you have it with you.

  • 1 Cor 7:30-31
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    30those who weep, as though they did not weep; those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; those who buy, as though they did not possess,

    31and those who use this world, as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.

  • Luke 12:33
    68%

    33Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.

  • Prov 13:11
    68%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Col 4:5
    68%

    5Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    68%

    4Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • 1 Tim 6:7
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    7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Eccl 8:7
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    7For he does not know what shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?

  • Prov 1:13-14
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    13We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;

    14Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse,"

  • Prov 24:33
    68%

    33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.

  • Prov 13:7
    68%

    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • John 4:37
    68%

    37For in this the saying is true, One sows and another reaps.

  • 2 Cor 8:10
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    10And in this I give my advice: it is beneficial for you who began a year ago not only to do but also to desire to do it.

  • Eph 5:16
    68%

    16Making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

  • Luke 12:15-16
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    68%

    15And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

    16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

  • Luke 16:9
    67%

    9And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves using the wealth of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.

  • Rev 18:17
    67%

    17For in one hour such great riches came to nothing. And every captain, and all who travel by ship, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood far off,

  • Prov 11:4
    67%

    4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Eccl 11:6
    67%

    6In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both will be equally good.

  • Mark 13:33
    67%

    33Take heed, watch and pray: for you do not know when the time is.

  • Eccl 6:12
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    12For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • 1 Thess 4:12
    67%

    12That you may walk honestly toward those who are outside, and that you may have lack of nothing.

  • Jas 5:5
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    5You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been indulgent; you have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9What profit does he have who works in that which he labors?