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Luke 6:24

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

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ASV

But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

KJV

But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΠλὴνPlēnButG4133 →
οὐαὶouaiwoeG3759 →
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771 →
τοῖςtoiswho areG3588 →
πλουσίοις,plousioisrich,G4145 →
ὅτιhotiforG3754 →
ἀπέχετεapecheteyou are receivingG568 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
παράκλησινparaklēsincomfortG3874 →
ὑμῶν.¶humōnof you.G4771 →

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Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.Matthew 6:2So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.Psalms 49:6–7They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.James 5:1–6Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?Psalms 49:16–19Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.Luke 18:23–25But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.Revelation 3:17You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.Amos 6:1–6Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.Luke 16:19–25Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.Psalms 73:3–12For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.Amos 4:1–3Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”Matthew 6:5And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Luke 12:15–21And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”Matthew 6:16When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

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