Luke 12:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸And 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.

Luke 12:18 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 3:15
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
James 4:15
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Luke 18:6
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
Luke 12:21
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Psalms 17:14
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Topics

Avarice Capital and Labor Care Commandments Covetousness Cupidity Discipleship Disobedience to God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-21)

We have in these verses, I. The application that was made to Christ, very unseasonably, by one of his hearers, desiring him to interpose between him and his brother in a matter that concerned the estate of the family (Luke 12:13): “ Master, speak to my brother; speak as a prophet, speak as a king, speak with authority; he is one that will have regard to what thou sayest; speak to him, that he divi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 18)

16-19. a certain rich man, &c.--Why is this man called a “fool?” (Lu 12:20) (1) Because he deemed a life of secure and abundant earthly enjoyment the summit of human felicity. (2) Because, possessing the means of this, through prosperity in his calling, he flattered himself that he had a long lease of such enjoyment, and nothing to do but give himself up to it. Nothing else is laid to his charge.