Verse 16

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

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  • Gen 26:12-14 : 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. 13 And the man became great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possessors of flocks, and possessors of herds, and a great number of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
  • Gen 41:47-49 : 47 During the seven plentiful years the earth produced abundantly. 48 So he gathered up all the food of the seven years that were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; he laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them. 49 Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.
  • Job 12:6 : 6 The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 For I was envious of the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  • Ps 73:12 : 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
  • Hos 2:8 : 8 For she did not know that I gave her grain, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 Nevertheless, He did not leave Himself without witness, He did good, giving us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.