Luke 12:19 然后要对我的灵魂说：灵魂哪，你有许多财物积存，可作多年的费用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快乐吧！’

12:19 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 然后要对我的灵魂说：灵魂哪，你有许多财物积存，可作多年的费用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快乐吧！’
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 然后要对我自己说：你这个人哪，你有许多财物积存，可供多年享用，只管安安逸逸吃喝快乐吧！’
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 然后要对我自己说：你这个人哪，你有许多财物积存，可供多年享用，只管安安逸逸吃喝快乐吧！’
当代译本 - 那时，我就可以对自己说：你存了这么多财产，能享用多年，现在大可高枕无忧、尽情地吃喝玩乐吧！’
圣经新译本 - 然后，我要对我的灵魂说：灵魂啊，你拥有许多好东西，足够多年享用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快乐吧！’
中文标准译本 - 然后，我要对我的灵魂说：灵魂哪，你拥有了很多好东西，足以享用多年，你就休息、吃喝、庆祝吧。’
现代标点和合本 - 然后要对我的灵魂说：“灵魂哪，你有许多财物积存，可做多年的费用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快乐吧！”’
和合本（拼音版） - 然后要对我的灵魂说：灵魂哪，你有许多财物积存，可作多年的费用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快乐吧！’
New International Version - And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’
New International Reader's Version - I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain stored away for many years. Take life easy. Eat, drink and have a good time.” ’
English Standard Version - And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’
New Living Translation - And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
Christian Standard Bible - Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’
New American Standard Bible - And I will say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years to come; relax, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!” ’
New King James Version - And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
Amplified Bible - And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things stored up, [enough] for many years; rest and relax, eat, drink and be merry (celebrate continually).” ’
American Standard Version - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
King James Version - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
New English Translation - And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
World English Bible - I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’
新標點和合本 - 然後要對我的靈魂說：靈魂哪，你有許多財物積存，可作多年的費用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快樂吧！』
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 然後要對我自己說：你這個人哪，你有許多財物積存，可供多年享用，只管安安逸逸吃喝快樂吧！』
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 然後要對我自己說：你這個人哪，你有許多財物積存，可供多年享用，只管安安逸逸吃喝快樂吧！』
當代譯本 - 那時，我就可以對自己說：你存了這麼多財產，能享用多年，現在大可高枕無憂、盡情地吃喝玩樂吧！』
聖經新譯本 - 然後，我要對我的靈魂說：靈魂啊，你擁有許多好東西，足夠多年享用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快樂吧！’
呂振中譯本 - 然後對自己說，人哪，你有許多財物存放着、做許多年的用處；你安逸度日，喫喝快樂吧！」
中文標準譯本 - 然後，我要對我的靈魂說：靈魂哪，你擁有了很多好東西，足以享用多年，你就休息、吃喝、慶祝吧。』
現代標點和合本 - 然後要對我的靈魂說：「靈魂哪，你有許多財物積存，可做多年的費用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快樂吧！」』
文理和合譯本 - 我將謂我靈曰、靈乎、爾多財貨積為歷年之用、可安然飲食喜樂也、
文理委辦譯本 - 乃自謂曰、我有多物、積為歷年之用、此心可安然飲食喜樂也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 後將自謂我心心原文作靈曰、我心心原文作靈歟、今有多物、為多年之用、可安然飲食歡樂、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾將寬慰吾魂曰：「魂乎、爾有豐財、足供餘年、此後可安心飲食、姿爾宴樂。」
Nueva Versión Internacional - Y diré: Alma mía, ya tienes bastantes cosas buenas guardadas para muchos años. Descansa, come, bebe y goza de la vida”.
현대인의 성경 - 또 그의 영혼에게 ‘내 영혼아, 여러 해 쓸 물건이 많이 쌓여 있다. 이제 편히 쉬면서 먹고 마시고 즐겨라’ 하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Тогда я смогу сказать себе: теперь у тебя полно добра на много лет. Отдыхай, ешь, пей, веселись».
Восточный перевод - Тогда я смогу сказать себе: теперь у тебя полно добра на много лет. Отдыхай, ешь, пей, веселись».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Тогда я смогу сказать себе: теперь у тебя полно добра на много лет. Отдыхай, ешь, пей, веселись».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Тогда я смогу сказать себе: теперь у тебя полно добра на много лет. Отдыхай, ешь, пей, веселись».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Après quoi, je pourrai me dire : Mon ami, te voilà pourvu de biens en réserve pour de nombreuses années. Repose-toi, mange, bois et jouis de la vie ! »
リビングバイブル - ひとり満足した金持ちは、われとわが身に言い聞かせたのです。『もう何も心配はいらないぞ。これから先何年分もの食料がたっぷりある。さあ、食べて、飲んで、楽しくやろう。』
Nestle Aland 28 - καὶ ἐρῶ τῇ ψυχῇ μου· ψυχή, ἔχεις πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ κείμενα εἰς ἔτη πολλά· ἀναπαύου, φάγε, πίε, εὐφραίνου.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ ἐρῶ τῇ ψυχῇ μου, ψυχή, ἔχεις πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ κείμενα εἰς ἔτη πολλά; ἀναπαύου, φάγε, πίε, εὐφραίνου.
Nova Versão Internacional - E direi a mim mesmo: Você tem grande quantidade de bens, armazenados para muitos anos. Descanse, coma, beba e alegre-se’.
Hoffnung für alle - Dann werde ich mir sagen: Du hast es geschafft und für lange Zeit ausgesorgt. Ruh dich aus! Lass es dir gut gehen – iss und trink und genieße dein Leben!‹
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Xong xuôi, ta sẽ tự nhủ: Của cải này có thể tiêu dùng hàng chục năm. Thôi, ta hãy nghỉ ngơi, ăn uống vui chơi!’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - จากนั้นเราก็จะบอกตัวเองว่า “เจ้ามีของดีมากมายเก็บไว้พอสำหรับหลายปี ใช้ชีวิตให้สบาย กินดื่ม และรื่นเริงเถิด” ’
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ครั้งนี้เราจะได้บอกตัวเองได้ว่า “เจ้ามีสรรพสิ่งที่สะสมไว้อย่างอุดมสมบูรณ์จนพอใช้ไปอีกหลายปี จงใช้ชีวิตแบบสบาย กินและดื่มและสำเริงสำราญเถิด”’

交叉引用

Psalms 49:5 - So why should I fear in bad times, hemmed in by enemy malice, Shoved around by bullies, demeaned by the arrogant rich?
Psalms 49:7 - Really! There’s no such thing as self-rescue, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. The cost of rescue is beyond our means, and even then it doesn’t guarantee Life forever, or insurance against the Black Hole.
Psalms 49:10 - Anyone can see that the brightest and best die, wiped out right along with fools and idiots. They leave all their prowess behind, move into their new home, The Coffin, The cemetery their permanent address. And to think they named counties after themselves!
Psalms 49:12 - We aren’t immortal. We don’t last long. Like our dogs, we age and weaken. And die.
Psalms 49:13 - This is what happens to those who live for the moment, who only look out for themselves: Death herds them like sheep straight to hell; they disappear down the gullet of the grave; They waste away to nothing— nothing left but a marker in a cemetery. But me? God snatches me from the clutch of death, he reaches down and grabs me.
James 5:1 - And a final word to you arrogant rich: Take some lessons in lament. You’ll need buckets for the tears when the crash comes upon you. Your money is corrupt and your fine clothes stink. Your greedy luxuries are a cancer in your gut, destroying your life from within. You thought you were piling up wealth. What you’ve piled up is judgment.
Amos 6:3 - Woe to you who are rushing headlong to disaster! Catastrophe is just around the corner! Woe to those who live in luxury and expect everyone else to serve them! Woe to those who live only for today, indifferent to the fate of others! Woe to the playboys, the playgirls, who think life is a party held just for them! Woe to those addicted to feeling good—life without pain! those obsessed with looking good—life without wrinkles! They could not care less about their country going to ruin.
1 Timothy 6:17 - Tell those rich in this world’s wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage—to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. If they do that, they’ll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life.
Job 14:1 - “We’re all adrift in the same boat: too few days, too many troubles. We spring up like wildflowers in the desert and then wilt, transient as the shadow of a cloud. Do you occupy your time with such fragile wisps? Why even bother hauling me into court? There’s nothing much to us to start with; how do you expect us to amount to anything? Mortals have a limited life span. You’ve already decided how long we’ll live— you set the boundary and no one can cross it. So why not give us a break? Ease up! Even ditchdiggers get occasional days off. For a tree there is always hope. Chop it down and it still has a chance— its roots can put out fresh sprouts. Even if its roots are old and gnarled, its stump long dormant, At the first whiff of water it comes to life, buds and grows like a sapling. But men and women? They die and stay dead. They breathe their last, and that’s it. Like lakes and rivers that have dried up, parched reminders of what once was, So mortals lie down and never get up, never wake up again—never. Why don’t you just bury me alive, get me out of the way until your anger cools? But don’t leave me there! Set a date when you’ll see me again. If we humans die, will we live again? That’s my question. All through these difficult days I keep hoping, waiting for the final change—for resurrection! Homesick with longing for the creature you made, you’ll call—and I’ll answer! You’ll watch over every step I take, but you won’t keep track of my missteps. My sins will be stuffed in a sack and thrown into the sea—sunk in deep ocean.
Proverbs 18:11 - The rich think their wealth protects them; they imagine themselves safe behind it.
Luke 16:19 - “There once was a rich man, expensively dressed in the latest fashions, wasting his days in conspicuous consumption. A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been dumped on his doorstep. All he lived for was to get a meal from scraps off the rich man’s table. His best friends were the dogs who came and licked his sores.
1 Peter 4:3 - You’ve already put in your time in that God-ignorant way of life, partying night after night, a drunken and profligate life. Now it’s time to be done with it for good. Of course, your old friends don’t understand why you don’t join in with the old gang anymore. But you don’t have to give an account to them. They’re the ones who will be called on the carpet—and before God himself.
Luke 21:34 - “But be on your guard. Don’t let the sharp edge of your expectation get dulled by parties and drinking and shopping. Otherwise, that Day is going to take you by complete surprise, spring on you suddenly like a trap, for it’s going to come on everyone, everywhere, at once. So, whatever you do, don’t fall asleep at the wheel. Pray constantly that you will have the strength and wits to make it through everything that’s coming and end up on your feet before the Son of Man.”
Job 31:24 - “Did I set my heart on making big money or worship at the bank? Did I boast about my wealth, show off because I was well-off? Was I ever so awed by the sun’s brilliance and moved by the moon’s beauty That I let myself become seduced by them and worshiped them on the sly? If so, I would deserve the worst of punishments, for I would be betraying God himself.
Isaiah 5:8 - Doom to you who buy up all the houses and grab all the land for yourselves— Evicting the old owners, posting no trespassing signs, Taking over the country, leaving everyone homeless and landless. I overheard God-of-the-Angel-Armies say: “Those mighty houses will end up empty. Those extravagant estates will be deserted. A ten-acre vineyard will produce a pint of wine, a fifty-pound sack of seed, a quart of grain.”
Psalms 62:10 - And a windfall, if it comes— don’t make too much of it.
Psalms 52:5 - God will tear you limb from limb, sweep you up and throw you out, Pull you up by the roots from the land of life.
Psalms 52:6 - Good people will watch and worship. They’ll laugh in relief: “Big Man bet on the wrong horse, trusted in big money, made his living from catastrophe.”
Isaiah 5:11 - Doom to those who get up early and start drinking booze before breakfast, Who stay up all hours of the night drinking themselves into a stupor. They make sure their banquets are well-furnished with harps and flutes and plenty of wine, But they’ll have nothing to do with the work of God, pay no mind to what he is doing. Therefore my people will end up in exile because they don’t know the score. Their “honored men” will starve to death and the common people die of thirst. Sheol developed a huge appetite, swallowing people nonstop! Big people and little people alike down that gullet, to say nothing of all the drunks. The down-and-out on a par with the high-and-mighty, Windbag boasters crumpled, flaccid as a punctured bladder. But by working justice, God-of-the-Angel-Armies will be a mountain. By working righteousness, Holy God will show what “holy” is. And lambs will graze as if they owned the place, Kids and calves right at home in the ruins.
Matthew 6:19 - “Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.
James 4:13 - And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, “Today—at the latest, tomorrow—we’re off to such and such a city for the year. We’re going to start a business and make a lot of money.” You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, “If the Master wills it and we’re still alive, we’ll do this or that.”
Ecclesiastes 11:9 - You who are young, make the most of your youth. Relish your youthful vigor. Follow the impulses of your heart. If something looks good to you, pursue it. But know also that not just anything goes; You have to answer to God for every last bit of it.
Proverbs 27:1 - Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow; you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 然后要对我的灵魂说：灵魂哪，你有许多财物积存，可作多年的费用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快乐吧！’
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 然后要对我自己说：你这个人哪，你有许多财物积存，可供多年享用，只管安安逸逸吃喝快乐吧！’
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 然后要对我自己说：你这个人哪，你有许多财物积存，可供多年享用，只管安安逸逸吃喝快乐吧！’
当代译本 - 那时，我就可以对自己说：你存了这么多财产，能享用多年，现在大可高枕无忧、尽情地吃喝玩乐吧！’
圣经新译本 - 然后，我要对我的灵魂说：灵魂啊，你拥有许多好东西，足够多年享用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快乐吧！’
中文标准译本 - 然后，我要对我的灵魂说：灵魂哪，你拥有了很多好东西，足以享用多年，你就休息、吃喝、庆祝吧。’
现代标点和合本 - 然后要对我的灵魂说：“灵魂哪，你有许多财物积存，可做多年的费用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快乐吧！”’
和合本（拼音版） - 然后要对我的灵魂说：灵魂哪，你有许多财物积存，可作多年的费用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快乐吧！’
New International Version - And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’
New International Reader's Version - I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain stored away for many years. Take life easy. Eat, drink and have a good time.” ’
English Standard Version - And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’
New Living Translation - And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
Christian Standard Bible - Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’
New American Standard Bible - And I will say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years to come; relax, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!” ’
New King James Version - And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
Amplified Bible - And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things stored up, [enough] for many years; rest and relax, eat, drink and be merry (celebrate continually).” ’
American Standard Version - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
King James Version - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
New English Translation - And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
World English Bible - I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’
新標點和合本 - 然後要對我的靈魂說：靈魂哪，你有許多財物積存，可作多年的費用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快樂吧！』
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 然後要對我自己說：你這個人哪，你有許多財物積存，可供多年享用，只管安安逸逸吃喝快樂吧！』
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 然後要對我自己說：你這個人哪，你有許多財物積存，可供多年享用，只管安安逸逸吃喝快樂吧！』
當代譯本 - 那時，我就可以對自己說：你存了這麼多財產，能享用多年，現在大可高枕無憂、盡情地吃喝玩樂吧！』
聖經新譯本 - 然後，我要對我的靈魂說：靈魂啊，你擁有許多好東西，足夠多年享用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快樂吧！’
呂振中譯本 - 然後對自己說，人哪，你有許多財物存放着、做許多年的用處；你安逸度日，喫喝快樂吧！」
中文標準譯本 - 然後，我要對我的靈魂說：靈魂哪，你擁有了很多好東西，足以享用多年，你就休息、吃喝、慶祝吧。』
現代標點和合本 - 然後要對我的靈魂說：「靈魂哪，你有許多財物積存，可做多年的費用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快樂吧！」』
文理和合譯本 - 我將謂我靈曰、靈乎、爾多財貨積為歷年之用、可安然飲食喜樂也、
文理委辦譯本 - 乃自謂曰、我有多物、積為歷年之用、此心可安然飲食喜樂也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 後將自謂我心心原文作靈曰、我心心原文作靈歟、今有多物、為多年之用、可安然飲食歡樂、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾將寬慰吾魂曰：「魂乎、爾有豐財、足供餘年、此後可安心飲食、姿爾宴樂。」
Nueva Versión Internacional - Y diré: Alma mía, ya tienes bastantes cosas buenas guardadas para muchos años. Descansa, come, bebe y goza de la vida”.
현대인의 성경 - 또 그의 영혼에게 ‘내 영혼아, 여러 해 쓸 물건이 많이 쌓여 있다. 이제 편히 쉬면서 먹고 마시고 즐겨라’ 하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Тогда я смогу сказать себе: теперь у тебя полно добра на много лет. Отдыхай, ешь, пей, веселись».
Восточный перевод - Тогда я смогу сказать себе: теперь у тебя полно добра на много лет. Отдыхай, ешь, пей, веселись».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Тогда я смогу сказать себе: теперь у тебя полно добра на много лет. Отдыхай, ешь, пей, веселись».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Тогда я смогу сказать себе: теперь у тебя полно добра на много лет. Отдыхай, ешь, пей, веселись».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Après quoi, je pourrai me dire : Mon ami, te voilà pourvu de biens en réserve pour de nombreuses années. Repose-toi, mange, bois et jouis de la vie ! »
リビングバイブル - ひとり満足した金持ちは、われとわが身に言い聞かせたのです。『もう何も心配はいらないぞ。これから先何年分もの食料がたっぷりある。さあ、食べて、飲んで、楽しくやろう。』
Nestle Aland 28 - καὶ ἐρῶ τῇ ψυχῇ μου· ψυχή, ἔχεις πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ κείμενα εἰς ἔτη πολλά· ἀναπαύου, φάγε, πίε, εὐφραίνου.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ ἐρῶ τῇ ψυχῇ μου, ψυχή, ἔχεις πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ κείμενα εἰς ἔτη πολλά; ἀναπαύου, φάγε, πίε, εὐφραίνου.
Nova Versão Internacional - E direi a mim mesmo: Você tem grande quantidade de bens, armazenados para muitos anos. Descanse, coma, beba e alegre-se’.
Hoffnung für alle - Dann werde ich mir sagen: Du hast es geschafft und für lange Zeit ausgesorgt. Ruh dich aus! Lass es dir gut gehen – iss und trink und genieße dein Leben!‹
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Xong xuôi, ta sẽ tự nhủ: Của cải này có thể tiêu dùng hàng chục năm. Thôi, ta hãy nghỉ ngơi, ăn uống vui chơi!’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - จากนั้นเราก็จะบอกตัวเองว่า “เจ้ามีของดีมากมายเก็บไว้พอสำหรับหลายปี ใช้ชีวิตให้สบาย กินดื่ม และรื่นเริงเถิด” ’
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ครั้งนี้เราจะได้บอกตัวเองได้ว่า “เจ้ามีสรรพสิ่งที่สะสมไว้อย่างอุดมสมบูรณ์จนพอใช้ไปอีกหลายปี จงใช้ชีวิตแบบสบาย กินและดื่มและสำเริงสำราญเถิด”’

Psalms 49:5 - So why should I fear in bad times, hemmed in by enemy malice, Shoved around by bullies, demeaned by the arrogant rich?
Psalms 49:7 - Really! There’s no such thing as self-rescue, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. The cost of rescue is beyond our means, and even then it doesn’t guarantee Life forever, or insurance against the Black Hole.
Psalms 49:10 - Anyone can see that the brightest and best die, wiped out right along with fools and idiots. They leave all their prowess behind, move into their new home, The Coffin, The cemetery their permanent address. And to think they named counties after themselves!
Psalms 49:12 - We aren’t immortal. We don’t last long. Like our dogs, we age and weaken. And die.
Psalms 49:13 - This is what happens to those who live for the moment, who only look out for themselves: Death herds them like sheep straight to hell; they disappear down the gullet of the grave; They waste away to nothing— nothing left but a marker in a cemetery. But me? God snatches me from the clutch of death, he reaches down and grabs me.
James 5:1 - And a final word to you arrogant rich: Take some lessons in lament. You’ll need buckets for the tears when the crash comes upon you. Your money is corrupt and your fine clothes stink. Your greedy luxuries are a cancer in your gut, destroying your life from within. You thought you were piling up wealth. What you’ve piled up is judgment.
Amos 6:3 - Woe to you who are rushing headlong to disaster! Catastrophe is just around the corner! Woe to those who live in luxury and expect everyone else to serve them! Woe to those who live only for today, indifferent to the fate of others! Woe to the playboys, the playgirls, who think life is a party held just for them! Woe to those addicted to feeling good—life without pain! those obsessed with looking good—life without wrinkles! They could not care less about their country going to ruin.
1 Timothy 6:17 - Tell those rich in this world’s wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage—to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. If they do that, they’ll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life.
Job 14:1 - “We’re all adrift in the same boat: too few days, too many troubles. We spring up like wildflowers in the desert and then wilt, transient as the shadow of a cloud. Do you occupy your time with such fragile wisps? Why even bother hauling me into court? There’s nothing much to us to start with; how do you expect us to amount to anything? Mortals have a limited life span. You’ve already decided how long we’ll live— you set the boundary and no one can cross it. So why not give us a break? Ease up! Even ditchdiggers get occasional days off. For a tree there is always hope. Chop it down and it still has a chance— its roots can put out fresh sprouts. Even if its roots are old and gnarled, its stump long dormant, At the first whiff of water it comes to life, buds and grows like a sapling. But men and women? They die and stay dead. They breathe their last, and that’s it. Like lakes and rivers that have dried up, parched reminders of what once was, So mortals lie down and never get up, never wake up again—never. Why don’t you just bury me alive, get me out of the way until your anger cools? But don’t leave me there! Set a date when you’ll see me again. If we humans die, will we live again? That’s my question. All through these difficult days I keep hoping, waiting for the final change—for resurrection! Homesick with longing for the creature you made, you’ll call—and I’ll answer! You’ll watch over every step I take, but you won’t keep track of my missteps. My sins will be stuffed in a sack and thrown into the sea—sunk in deep ocean.
Proverbs 18:11 - The rich think their wealth protects them; they imagine themselves safe behind it.
Luke 16:19 - “There once was a rich man, expensively dressed in the latest fashions, wasting his days in conspicuous consumption. A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been dumped on his doorstep. All he lived for was to get a meal from scraps off the rich man’s table. His best friends were the dogs who came and licked his sores.
1 Peter 4:3 - You’ve already put in your time in that God-ignorant way of life, partying night after night, a drunken and profligate life. Now it’s time to be done with it for good. Of course, your old friends don’t understand why you don’t join in with the old gang anymore. But you don’t have to give an account to them. They’re the ones who will be called on the carpet—and before God himself.
Luke 21:34 - “But be on your guard. Don’t let the sharp edge of your expectation get dulled by parties and drinking and shopping. Otherwise, that Day is going to take you by complete surprise, spring on you suddenly like a trap, for it’s going to come on everyone, everywhere, at once. So, whatever you do, don’t fall asleep at the wheel. Pray constantly that you will have the strength and wits to make it through everything that’s coming and end up on your feet before the Son of Man.”
Job 31:24 - “Did I set my heart on making big money or worship at the bank? Did I boast about my wealth, show off because I was well-off? Was I ever so awed by the sun’s brilliance and moved by the moon’s beauty That I let myself become seduced by them and worshiped them on the sly? If so, I would deserve the worst of punishments, for I would be betraying God himself.
Isaiah 5:8 - Doom to you who buy up all the houses and grab all the land for yourselves— Evicting the old owners, posting no trespassing signs, Taking over the country, leaving everyone homeless and landless. I overheard God-of-the-Angel-Armies say: “Those mighty houses will end up empty. Those extravagant estates will be deserted. A ten-acre vineyard will produce a pint of wine, a fifty-pound sack of seed, a quart of grain.”
Psalms 62:10 - And a windfall, if it comes— don’t make too much of it.
Psalms 52:5 - God will tear you limb from limb, sweep you up and throw you out, Pull you up by the roots from the land of life.
Psalms 52:6 - Good people will watch and worship. They’ll laugh in relief: “Big Man bet on the wrong horse, trusted in big money, made his living from catastrophe.”
Isaiah 5:11 - Doom to those who get up early and start drinking booze before breakfast, Who stay up all hours of the night drinking themselves into a stupor. They make sure their banquets are well-furnished with harps and flutes and plenty of wine, But they’ll have nothing to do with the work of God, pay no mind to what he is doing. Therefore my people will end up in exile because they don’t know the score. Their “honored men” will starve to death and the common people die of thirst. Sheol developed a huge appetite, swallowing people nonstop! Big people and little people alike down that gullet, to say nothing of all the drunks. The down-and-out on a par with the high-and-mighty, Windbag boasters crumpled, flaccid as a punctured bladder. But by working justice, God-of-the-Angel-Armies will be a mountain. By working righteousness, Holy God will show what “holy” is. And lambs will graze as if they owned the place, Kids and calves right at home in the ruins.
Matthew 6:19 - “Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.
James 4:13 - And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, “Today—at the latest, tomorrow—we’re off to such and such a city for the year. We’re going to start a business and make a lot of money.” You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, “If the Master wills it and we’re still alive, we’ll do this or that.”
Ecclesiastes 11:9 - You who are young, make the most of your youth. Relish your youthful vigor. Follow the impulses of your heart. If something looks good to you, pursue it. But know also that not just anything goes; You have to answer to God for every last bit of it.
Proverbs 27:1 - Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow; you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow.