Luke 12:19
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19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up (A)for many years; relax, (B)eat, drink, be merry.”’
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James 4:13-15
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Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, (A)“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For (B)you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, (C)“If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
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Proverbs 27:1
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27 Do not boast about tomorrow,
(A)for you do not know what a day may bring.
1 Corinthians 15:32
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32 What do I gain if, humanly speaking, (A)I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, (B)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
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Isaiah 5:11
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11 Woe to those who (A)rise early in the morning,
that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
as wine inflames them!
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 (A)Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. (B)Walk in the ways of your heart and (C)the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things (D)God will bring you into judgment.
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James 5:5
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5 (A)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (B)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (C)a day of slaughter.
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Philippians 3:19
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19 (A)Their end is destruction, (B)their god is their belly, and (C)they glory in their shame, with (D)minds set on earthly things.
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Matthew 6:19-21
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Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 (A)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where (B)moth and rust[a] destroy and where thieves (C)break in and steal, 20 (D)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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- Matthew 6:19 Or worm; also verse 20
Proverbs 18:11
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11 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city,
and like a high wall in his imagination.
Psalm 62:10
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10 Put no trust in extortion;
(A)set no vain hopes on robbery;
(B)if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
Revelation 18:7
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7 (A)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
(B)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
and mourning I shall never see.’
1 Peter 4:3
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3 For the time that is past (A)suffices (B)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
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James 5:1-3
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Warning to the Rich
5 Come now, (A)you rich, weep and howl for the (B)miseries that are coming upon you. 2 (C)Your riches have rotted and (D)your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (E)You have laid up treasure (F)in the last days.
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2 Timothy 3:4
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4 treacherous, reckless, (A)swollen with conceit, (B)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
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Hosea 12:8
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8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, but (A)I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors (B)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
Isaiah 22:13
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13 and behold, joy and gladness,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating flesh and drinking wine.
(A)“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”
Isaiah 5:8
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Woe to the Wicked
8 Woe to those who (A)join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
Proverbs 23:5
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5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
(A)for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Job 14:1
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Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
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Deuteronomy 8:12-14
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12 (A)lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, 13 and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, 14 (B)then your heart be lifted up, and you (C)forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,
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Deuteronomy 6:11-12
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11 and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, 12 (A)then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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1 Timothy 5:6
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6 but (A)she who is self-indulgent is (B)dead even while she lives.
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