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Luke 12:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night βthye soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast providedf?

Job 20:20‑23• ²⁰Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
²¹Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
²²In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
²³It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh. (Job 20:20‑23)

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Job 27:8• ⁸For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul? (Job 27:8)

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Psa. 52:7• ⁷Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice. (Psa. 52:7)

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James 4:14• ¹⁴ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ( for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,) (James 4:14)

or, do they require thy soul.

Psa. 39:6• ⁶Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Psa. 39:6)

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Psa. 49:16‑17• ¹⁶Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
¹⁷For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him. (Psa. 49:16‑17)

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Jer. 17:11• ¹¹As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool. (Jer. 17:11)

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Luke 16:22‑23• ²²And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.
²³And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (Luke 16:22‑23)

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Ex. 16:9‑10• ⁹And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the assembly of the children of Israel, Come near into the presence of Jehovah; for he has heard your murmurings.
¹⁰And it came to pass, when Aaron spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, that they turned toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud. (Ex. 16:9‑10)

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1 Sam. 25:36‑38• ³⁶And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
³⁷And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
³⁸And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died. (1 Sam. 25:36‑38)

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2 Sam. 13:28‑29• ²⁸And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
²⁹And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and they rode each upon his mule and fled. (2 Sam. 13:28‑29)

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1 Kings 16:9‑10• ⁹And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him; and he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was the steward of his house in Tirzah;
¹⁰and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 16:9‑10)

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Job 27:8• ⁸For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul? (Job 27:8)

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Psa. 73:19• ¹⁹How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors. (Psa. 73:19)

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Psa. 78:30• ³⁰They were not alienated from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths, (Psa. 78:30)

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Dan. 5:1‑6,25‑30• ¹Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.
²Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink in them.
³Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.
⁴They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
⁵In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
⁶Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
²⁵And this is the writing that is written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
²⁶This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it;
²⁷TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
²⁸PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
²⁹Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
³⁰In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. (Dan. 5:1‑6,25‑30)

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Nah. 1:10• ¹⁰Though they be tangled together as thorns, and be as drenched from their drink, they shall be devoured as dry stubble, completely. (Nah. 1:10)

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Matt. 24:48‑51• ⁴⁸But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
⁴⁹and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;
⁵⁰the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of,
⁵¹and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 24:48‑51)

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1 Thess. 5:3• ³When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:3)

Thou fool.

Luke 11:40• ⁴⁰Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also? (Luke 11:40)

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James 4:14• ¹⁴ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ( for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,) (James 4:14)

thy soul shall be required of thee.

or, do they require thysoul.

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Esther 5:11• ¹¹And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. (Esther 5:11)

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Esther 8:1‑2• ¹On that day did king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' oppressor to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
²And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. (Esther 8:1‑2)

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Job 27:16‑17• ¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
¹⁷He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver. (Job 27:16‑17)

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Psa. 39:6• ⁶Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Psa. 39:6)

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Psa. 49:17‑19• ¹⁷For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.
¹⁸Though he blessed his soul in his lifetime,--and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself,--
¹⁹It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light. (Psa. 49:17‑19)

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Psa. 52:5‑7• ⁵*God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
⁶The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
⁷Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice. (Psa. 52:5‑7)

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Prov. 11:4• ⁴Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 11:4)

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Prov. 28:8• ⁸He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor. (Prov. 28:8)

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Eccl. 2:18‑22• ¹⁸And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
¹⁹And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
²⁰Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
²¹For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
²²For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun? (Eccl. 2:18‑22)

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Eccl. 5:14‑16• ¹⁴or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
¹⁵As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
¹⁶And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind? (Eccl. 5:14‑16)

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Dan. 5:28• ²⁸PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. (Dan. 5:28)

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1 Tim. 6:7• ⁷For we have brought nothing into the world: it is manifest that neither can we carry anything out. (1 Tim. 6:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be requiredb of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

JND Translation Notes

Lit. "they shall require." see Note, ch. 6.38.

W. Kelly Translation

But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be requireda of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

WK Translation Notes

See note to {vi 25630}{/vi}.