James 4:13
Come now, you who say,“Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
- Luke 12:17-20 : 17 so he thought to himself,‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 Then he said,‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’ 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
- Jas 5:1 : 1 Warning to the Rich Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
- Gen 11:3-4 : 3 Then they said to one another,“Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.”(They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.) 4 Then they said,“Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth.”
- Isa 56:11-12 : 11 The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain. 12 Each one says,‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’
- Ezek 7:12 : 12 The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath comes against their whole crowd.
- Gen 11:7 : 7 Come, let’s go down and confuse their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.”
- Eccl 2:1 : 1 Futility of Self-Indulgent Pleasure I thought to myself,“Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile.” But I found that it also is futile.
- Isa 5:5 : 5 Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.
- Isa 24:2 : 2 Everyone will suffer– the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor.
- 1 Cor 7:30 : 30 those with tears like those not weeping, those who rejoice like those not rejoicing, those who buy like those without possessions,
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- Jas 4:14-163 verses84%
14 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
15 You ought to say instead,“If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”
16 But as it is, you boast about your arrogant plans. All such boasting is evil.
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1 Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
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12 But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge– the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?
- Jas 5:1-22 verses72%
1 Warning to the Rich Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
2 Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
- Luke 12:18-214 verses71%
18 Then he said,‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19 And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
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12 Each one says,‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’
- Ezek 7:12-132 verses71%
12 The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath comes against their whole crowd.
13 The customer will no longer pay the seller while both parties are alive, for the vision against their whole crowd will not be revoked. Each person, for his iniquity, will fail to preserve his life.
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34 So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
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19 Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!
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13 They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.
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14 “It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.
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11 For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.
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13 But look, there is outright celebration! You say,“Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
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4 Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
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28 Do not say to your neighbor,“Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it,” when you have it with you at the time.
- 1 Cor 7:30-312 verses68%
30 those with tears like those not weeping, those who rejoice like those not rejoicing, those who buy like those without possessions,
31 those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.
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33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out– a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
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11 Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.
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5 Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.
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4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
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7 For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either.
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6 Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”
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7 Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.
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13 We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.
14 Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal.”
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33 “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
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7 There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.
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9 Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
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37 For in this instance the saying is true,‘One sows and another reaps.’
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10 So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give,
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16 taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
- Luke 12:15-162 verses68%
15 Then he said to them,“Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
16 He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,
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9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.
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17 because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” And every ship’s captain, and all who sail along the coast– seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off
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4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
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6 Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed– whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.
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33 Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.
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12 For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
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12 In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.
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5 You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
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9 Man is Ignorant of God’s Timing What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?