Luke 16:25

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 6:24 : 24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 LORD, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.
  • 1 John 2:15 : 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
  • Mark 9:45 : 45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!
  • Job 21:13-14 : 13 They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace. 14 So they say to God,‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.
  • Job 22:18 : 18 But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil. 36 But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.
  • Ps 49:11 : 11 Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,
  • Ps 73:7 : 7 Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.
  • Ps 73:12-19 : 12 Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer. 13 I concluded,“Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle. 14 I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning.” 15 If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people. 16 When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me. 17 Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked. 18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin. 19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
  • Lam 1:7 : 7 ז(Zayin) Jerusalem remembers, when she became a poor homeless person, all her treasures that she owned in days of old. When her people fell into an enemy’s grip, none of her allies came to her rescue. Her enemies gloated over her; they sneered at her downfall.
  • Dan 5:22-23 : 22 “But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this. 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone– gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!
  • Dan 5:30 : 30 And in that very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.
  • Luke 16:20 : 20 But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,
  • Luke 16:23 : 23 And in Hades, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage– I have conquered the world.”
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying,“We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”
  • Rom 8:7 : 7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.
  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Luke 16:19-24
    6 verses
    84%

    19The Rich Man and Lazarus“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

    20But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,

    21who longed to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.

    22“Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

    23And in Hades, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.

    24So he called out,‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’

  • Luke 16:26-30
    5 verses
    81%

    26Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’

    27So the rich man said,‘Then I beg you, father– send Lazarus to my father’s house

    28(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don’t come into this place of torment.’

    29But Abraham said,‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.’

    30Then the rich man said,‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

  • Luke 6:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.

    25“Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry.“Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

  • Luke 13:28
    70%

    28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.

  • Luke 15:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

    31Then the father said to him,‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.

  • Luke 12:19-21
    3 verses
    69%

    19And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’

    20But 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?’

    21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

  • Luke 23:40-43
    4 verses
    69%

    40But the other rebuked him, saying,“Don’t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

    41And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

    42Then he said,“Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”

    43And Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”

  • Matt 25:46
    69%

    46And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

  • Luke 14:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

    15The Parable of the Great Banquet When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him,“Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

  • Luke 15:11-13
    3 verses
    69%

    11The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.

    12The younger of them said to his father,‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.

    13After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.

  • Luke 16:9
    68%

    9And 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.

  • Luke 16:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

    2So he called the manager in and said to him,‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’

  • Luke 15:16-17
    2 verses
    67%

    16He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

    17But when he came to his senses he said,‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

  • Matt 25:30
    67%

    30And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

  • Luke 12:16
    67%

    16He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

  • John 11:43
    67%

    43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”

  • Luke 18:30
    66%

    30who will not receive many times more in this age– and in the age to come, eternal life.”

  • Matt 11:24
    66%

    24But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!”

  • Jas 5:1
    66%

    1Warning to the Rich Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

  • Luke 6:21
    66%

    21“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

  • Matt 20:12
    66%

    12saying,‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’

  • Matt 25:41
    66%

    41“Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

  • Luke 18:23-24
    2 verses
    66%

    23But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy.

    24When Jesus noticed this, he said,“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

  • Matt 13:42
    66%

    42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Gen 24:6
    66%

    6“Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.

  • 2 Sam 12:3
    66%

    3But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat his food, drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.

  • Matt 20:14
    66%

    14Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.

  • Matt 22:13
    66%

    13Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’