Luke 12:21 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 12:21

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

YLT

so is he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

DBT

Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich towardGod.

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Luke 12:33
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Matthew 13:22
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

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27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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 (Ps 30:5), of "precious" faith (2Pe 1:1;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

LUK 12:21JAS 2:5 MAT 5:3
LUK 12:21REV 2:9 2CO 8:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LUK 12:21JAS 2:5 LUK 6:20
LUK 12:21REV 2:9 REV 3:9
LUK 12:21JAS 2:5 REV 2:9
LUK 12:21LUK 12:33 MAT 19:21
LUK 12:21REV 2:9 JAS 2:5-6
LUK 12:21JAS 2:5 1CO 1:26-28

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