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Luke 12:21

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Luke 12:21 · King James Version

In other versions

  • So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

    ASV

  • So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

    BBE

  • Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

    DBY

  • So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

    WEB

  • so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

    YLT

  • So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

    ENG

  • So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

    WBT

  • This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

    BSB

In context

19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

22And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

23The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

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