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Luke 12:20

Luke 12:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

God: Luke 16:22-23; Exodus 16:9-10; 1 Samuel 25:36-38; 2 Samuel 13:28-29; 1 Kings 16:9-10; Job 20:20-23, Job 27:8; Psalms 73:19, Psalms 78:30; Daniel 5:1-6, Daniel 5:25-30; Nahum 1:10; Matthew 24:48-51; 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Thou fool: Luke 11:40; Jeremiah 17:11; James 4:14

thy soul shall be required of thee: or, do they require thy soul

then: Esther 5:11, Esther 8:1-2; Job 27:16-17; Psalms 39:6, Psalms 49:17-19, Psalms 52:5-7; Proverbs 11:4; Proverbs 28:8; Ecclesiastes 2:18-22, Ecclesiastes 5:14-16; Jeremiah 17:11; Daniel 5:28; 1 Timothy 6:7

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