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Luke 12:16-21
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And he told them this parable:
“The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.
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He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
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“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.
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And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’
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“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
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“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
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Jeremiah 17:11
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Luke 11:40
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Job 27:8
3.
Psalms 39:6
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Psalms 49:10
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ver 33
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