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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• ²⁰Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
²¹There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
²²In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
²³When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. (Job 20:20‑23)

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Job 27:8• ⁸For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? (Job 27:8)

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Psa. 52:7• ⁷Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. (Psa. 52:7)

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James 4:14• ¹⁴Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. (James 4:14)

or, do they require thy soul.

Psa. 39:6• ⁶Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely 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 thou afraid when one is made 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, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. (Jer. 17:11)

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God.

Luke 16:22‑23• ²²And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
²³And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (Luke 16:22‑23)

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Ex. 16:9‑10• ⁹And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the Lord: for he hath heard your murmurings.
¹⁰And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord 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 very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
³⁷But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
³⁸And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died. (1 Sam. 25:36‑38)

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2 Sam. 13:28‑29• ²⁸Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
²⁹And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up 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, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
¹⁰And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 16:9‑10)

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Job 27:8• ⁸For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? (Job 27:8)

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Psa. 73:19• ¹⁹How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. (Psa. 73:19)

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Psa. 78:30• ³⁰They were not estranged from their lust. But while 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 lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
²Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
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 princes, 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, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
²⁵And this is the writing that was 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 commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a 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• ¹⁰For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. (Nah. 1:10)

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Matt. 24:48‑51• ⁴⁸But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
⁴⁹And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
⁵⁰The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
⁵¹And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 24:48‑51)

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1 Thess. 5:3• ³For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. (1 Thess. 5:3)

Thou fool.

Luke 11:40• ⁴⁰Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? (Luke 11:40)

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James 4:14• ¹⁴Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. (James 4:14)

thy soul shall be required of thee.

or, do they require thysoul.

then.

Esther 5:11• ¹¹And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things 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 the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
²And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto 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 raiment 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• ⁶Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely 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 while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
¹⁹He 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• ⁵God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
⁶The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
⁷Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. (Psa. 52:5‑7)

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Prov. 11:4• ⁴Riches profit 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, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. (Prov. 28:8)

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Eccl. 2:18‑22• ¹⁸Yea, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
¹⁹And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
²⁰Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.
²¹For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
²²For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath labored under the sun? (Eccl. 2:18‑22)

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Eccl. 5:14‑16• ¹⁴But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
¹⁵As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
¹⁶And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath labored 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 brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing 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}.