King James Version (KJV)
Luke 12:19
“‹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.›”
Verse in context — Luke 12
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‹And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?›
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‹And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.›
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‹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.›
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‹But 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?›
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‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›
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