Luke 19:24

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings.

The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you.

As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,

For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?

but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

“Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead.”

“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead.”

to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.

“ ‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain based on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify alone against any person so that he dies.

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down.

I thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.” He said, “I will redeem it.”

Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.

All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass;

He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.

In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.

Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.

he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,

A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

But the noble devises noble things; and he will continue in noble things.

and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss.

When he stands up, his kingdom will be broken, and will be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom will be plucked up, even for others besides these.

“But out of a shoot from her roots one will stand up in his place, who will come to the army, and will enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and will deal against them, and will prevail.

For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.

Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’

Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.

So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.

For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.

Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

Some men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.

For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out.

Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

They will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you. All things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you will find them no more at all.

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.