Luke 12:19
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And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. Take thy rest: eat, drink, make good cheer.

Soul.

Deuteronomy 6:11,12 Houses full of riches, which thou didst not set up, cisterns which thou didst not dig, vineyards and oliveyards, which thou didst not plant, . . .

Deuteronomy 8:12-14 Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them, . . .

Job 31:24,25 If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence: . . .

Psalm 49:5-13,18 Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me. . . .

Psalm 52:5-7 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living. . . .

Psalm 62:10 Trust not in iniquity, and covet not robberies: if riches abound, set not your heart upon them.

Proverbs 18:11 The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about.

Proverbs 23:5 Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

Isaiah 5:8 Woe to you that join house to house and lay field to field, even to the end of the place: shall you alone dwell in the midst of the earth?

Hosea 12:8 And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.

Habakkuk 1:16 Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.

Matthew 6:19-21 Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal. . . .

1 Timothy 6:17 Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy)

James 5:1-3 Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you. . . .

for.

Job 14:1 Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

Proverbs 27:1 Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.

James 4:13-15 But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year and will traffic and make our gain. . . .

take.

Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day.

Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life: and that day come upon you suddenly.

Job 21:11-13 Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play. . . .

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.

Isaiah 5:11 Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink in the evening, to be inflamed with wine.

Isaiah 22:13 And behold joy and gladness, killing calves, and slaying rams, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

Amos 6:3-6 You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity; . . .

1 Corinthians 15:32 If (according to man) I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me, if the dead rise not again? Let us eat and drink, for to morrow we shall die.

Philippians 3:19 Whose end is destruction: whose God is their belly: and whose glory is in their shame: who mind earthly things.

1 Timothy 5:6 For she that liveth in pleasures is dead while she is living.

2 Timothy 3:4 Traitors, stubborn, puffed up, and lovers of pleasure more than of God:

James 5:5 You have feasted upon earth: and in riotousness you have nourished your hearts, in the day of slaughter.

1 Peter 4:3 For the time past is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings and unlawful worshipping of idols.

Revelation 18:7 As much as she hath glorified herself and lived in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow give ye to her. Because she saith in her heart: I sit a queen and am no widow: and sorrow I shall not see.

Context
The Parable of the Rich Fool
18And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns and will build greater: and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me and my goods. 19And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. Take thy rest: eat, drink, make good cheer. 20But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee. And whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?…
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:16
And when he had brought him, behold they were lying spread abroad upon all the ground, eating and drinking, and as it were keeping a festival day, for all the prey and the spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.

Psalm 49:18
For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.

Proverbs 10:2
The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.

Proverbs 27:1
Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.

Ecclesiastes 2:24
Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.

Isaiah 56:12
Come, let us take wine, and be filled with drunkenness: and it shall be as to day, so also to morrow, and much more.

Amos 6:13
Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles? for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood.

Luke 12:18
And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns and will build greater: and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me and my goods.

1 Corinthians 15:32
If (according to man) I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me, if the dead rise not again? Let us eat and drink, for to morrow we shall die.

Lexicon
Then
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

I will say
ἐρῶ (erō)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2046: Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say.

to
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

myself,
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

“You
Ψυχή (Psychē)
Noun - Vocative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5590: From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely.

have
ἔχεις (echeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

plenty of
πολλὰ (polla)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.

good things
ἀγαθὰ (agatha)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 18: A primary word; 'good'.

laid up
κείμενα (keimena)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2749: To lie, recline, be placed, be laid, set, specially appointed, destined. Middle voice of a primary verb; to lie outstretched.

for
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

many
πολλά (polla)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.

years.
ἔτη (etē)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2094: A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.

Take it easy.
ἀναπαύου (anapauou)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 373: From ana and pauo; to repose (be exempt), remain); by implication, to refresh.

Eat,
φάγε (phage)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5315: A primary verb; to eat.

drink,
πίε (pie)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4095: To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.

[and] be merry!”’
εὐφραίνου (euphrainou)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2165: From eu and phren; to put in a good frame of mind, i.e. Rejoice.


Additional Translations
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your rest; eat, drink, be merry."'

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

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast abundance of goods laid up for many years; take thy ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

and I will say to my life, "'Life, you have ample possessions laid up for many years to come: take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.'

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
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