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Luke 12:19
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Luke 12:19
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19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’(A)
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Luke 12:19
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Luke 12:19
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19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
Proverbs 27:1
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Proverbs 27:1
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27 Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.(A)
Proverbs 27:1
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Proverbs 27:1
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James 4:13-15
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James 4:13-15
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Boasting about Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.”(A) 14 Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(B) 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wishes, we will live and do this or that.”(C)
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James 4:13-15
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James 4:13-15
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Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Now listen,(A) you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”(B) 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(C) 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,(D) we will live and do this or that.”
1 Corinthians 15:32
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1 Corinthians 15:32
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32 If I fought with wild animals at Ephesus with a merely human perspective, what would I have gained by it? If the dead are not raised,
“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”(A)
1 Corinthians 15:32
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1 Corinthians 15:32
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32 If I fought wild beasts(A) in Ephesus(B) with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,
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- 1 Corinthians 15:32 Isaiah 22:13
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 You who are young, be happy while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
God will bring you into judgment.(A)
James 5:5
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James 5:5
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5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.(A)
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James 5:5
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James 5:5
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5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(A) in the day of slaughter.[a](B)
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- James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting
Philippians 3:19
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Philippians 3:19
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19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.(A)
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Philippians 3:19
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19 Their destiny(A) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(B) and their glory is in their shame.(C) Their mind is set on earthly things.(D)
Matthew 6:19-21
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Matthew 6:19-21
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Concerning Treasures
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust[a] consume and where thieves break in and steal,(A) 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust[b] consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.(B) 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Matthew 6:19-21
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Matthew 6:19-21
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Treasures in Heaven(A)
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,(B) where moths and vermin destroy,(C) and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,(D) where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.(E) 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(F)
Isaiah 5:11
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Isaiah 5:11
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11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning
in pursuit of strong drink,
who linger in the evening
to be inflamed by wine,(A)
Isaiah 5:11
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Isaiah 5:11
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Proverbs 23:5
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Proverbs 23:5
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5 When your eyes light upon it, it is gone,
for suddenly it takes wings to itself,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:5
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Proverbs 23:5
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Psalm 62:10
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Psalm 62:10
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10 Put no confidence in extortion,
and set no vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.(A)
Psalm 62:10
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Psalm 62:10
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Psalm 52:5-7
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Psalm 52:5-7
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5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah(A)
6 The righteous will see and fear
and will laugh at the evildoer,[a] saying,(B)
7 “See the one who would not take
refuge in God
but trusted in abundant riches
and sought refuge in wealth!”[b](C)
Psalm 52:5-7
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Psalm 52:5-7
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5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and pluck(A) you from your tent;
he will uproot(B) you from the land of the living.(C)
6 The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh(D) at you, saying,
7 “Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold(E)
but trusted in his great wealth(F)
and grew strong by destroying others!”
Revelation 18:7
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Revelation 18:7
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7 As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously,
so give her a like measure of torment and grief.
Since in her heart she says,
‘I rule as a queen;
I am no widow,
and I will never see grief,’(A)
Revelation 18:7
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Revelation 18:7
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