Luke 12:15-21
And 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.” Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods. Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Luke 12 · Words of Christ are set in red.
7 songs meet this passage
24K Magic · Bruno Mars
strains against Luke 12:15-21
The song revels in careless, flashy spending as the measure of a good life, the opposite of Jesus's warning about storing up treasure for yourself.
“take that money, watch it burn”
Counting Stars · OneRepublic
resonates with Luke 12:15
The image of burning money as release echoes Jesus' warning that life does not consist in the abundance of possessions, even if offered here more as rebellion than wisdom.
“Happiness is the same price as red-bottoms”
7 rings · Ariana Grande
strains against Luke 12:15
Jesus warns that life and joy don't consist in the abundance of possessions, directly opposing the song's equation of happiness with purchases.
“Chased the good life my whole life long”
Welcome To Heartbreak (feat. Kid Cudi) · Kanye West
strains against Luke 12:15
Jesus warns that life isn't measured by abundance of possessions; the song shows the cost of having believed otherwise.
Dust In the Wind · Kansas
resonates with Luke 12:16-21
The parable of the rich fool warns that wealth cannot purchase more life, the same truth the lyric states plainly.
“If you f**k with winning, put your lighters to the sky”
Congratulations (feat. Quavo) · Post Malone
strains against Luke 12:18-19
The song treats wealth and winning as the measure of a life well-lived, the very posture Jesus warns against in the parable of the rich fool.
“ich zahle gar nix”
ich zahle gar nix · Haftbefehl
strains against Luke 12:19-20
The boast of never paying, living large without cost, echoes the rich fool's false security in accumulated goods right before it's taken from him.
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