Luke 12:21

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.””

— WEB

“So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

— KJV

“So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Matthew 6:19-20 "“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;"
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1 Timothy 6:18-19 "that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;"
Habakkuk 2:9 "Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!"
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Commentary

So is he, &c.--Such is a picture of his folly here, and of its awful issue. and is not rich toward God--lives to amass and enjoy riches which terminate on self, but as to the riches of God's favor, which is life (Psa 30:5), of "precious" faith (Pe2 1:1; Jam 2:5), of good works (Ti1 6:18), of wisdom which is better than rubies (Pro 8:11) --lives and dies a beggar!

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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