Luke 6:24

Jesus pronounces woe on the rich who have their comfort now. Self-sufficient wealth that ignores God has its reward only in this life.

Cross-references · 19

• Matt 6:2So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
• Ps 49:6–7They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
• 1 Tim 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
• Jas 5:1–6Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• Luke 18:23–25But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
• Ps 49:16–19Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
• Jas 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
• Amos 6:1–6Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
• Prov 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
• Matt 6:5And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
• Luke 12:15–21And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
• Job 21:7–15Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
• Matt 6:16When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
• Amos 4:1–3Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
• Ps 73:3–12For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
• Luke 16:19–25Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
• Jer 5:4–6Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
• Hag 2:9The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
• Rev 18:6–8Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

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