Luke 12:19-21

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.

24 songs meet this passage

“I stack my money, lay low, and chill”
The Way I Live · Baby Boy da Prince
strains against Luke 12:19-21
Echoes the rich fool who stores up goods for ease, forgetting his life isn't secured by abundance.
“If you f**k with winning, put your lighters to the sky”
Congratulations (feat. Quavo) · Post Malone
strains against Luke 12:15-21
The song's climax of triumph is measured entirely in wealth and status, the exact posture Jesus warns against in the rich fool.
“Caviar for breakfast, champagne bubble baths”
Player's Anthem · Junior M.A.F.I.A.
strains against Luke 12:15-21
The flaunting of luxury as life's meaning mirrors the rich fool's error of storing up wealth with no regard for the soul.
“Six cars and power to fire big stars”
Feel So Good · Mase
strains against Luke 12:15-21
Jesus warns that life does not consist in abundance of possessions; this song's entire identity is built on the opposite claim.
Hell Yeah · Ginuwine
strains against Luke 12:15-21
The boasting about wealth, cars, and houses mirrors the rich fool who measured his life by abundance of possessions.
“my crib big like a football field”
Game Over (Flip) · Lil' Flip
strains against Luke 12:15-21
The song measures life by possessions and riches, the very trap Jesus warns against in the parable of the rich fool.
“I close my eyes and imagine the good life”
Good Life (feat. T-Pain) · Kanye West
strains against Luke 12:15-21
Jesus' parable of the rich fool directly undercuts the idea that abundance of possessions defines 'the good life.'
People Are Crazy · Billy Currington
strains against Luke 12:15-21
The inheritance twist pokes at how wealth and legacy can turn sour, echoing Jesus' warning about storing up treasure without regard for what matters most.
“Stunna island, money and the power”
I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) · Kevin Rudolf, Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne
strains against Luke 12:15-21
Jesus warns against storing up treasure and measuring life by abundance of possessions, the exact posture celebrated throughout this verse.
Black and Yellow · Wiz Khalifa
strains against Luke 12:15-21
Jesus' parable of the rich fool directly rebukes the idea that stacking wealth secures a meaningful life.
N****s in Paris · Jay-Z
strains against Luke 12:15-21
The entire track's posture, storing up riches and reveling in them as the point of life, echoes the rich fool Jesus warns against.
“Forbes list like every year”
No Lie · 2 Chainz
strains against Luke 12:15-21
Jesus warns that life and security are not found in accumulated wealth, directly at odds with the song's measure of a 'real' life well-lived.
Don't Let Me Fall · B.o.B
strains against Luke 12:19-20
The rich fool also tried to steady his soul with pleasure and plenty; the parable warns that this kind of ease doesn't actually secure a life.
“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.
“We ball like we own the world”
Addictive · Truth Hurts
strains against Luke 12:19-20
The boast of wealth and self-sufficiency echoes the rich fool's false security, oblivious to how fragile the lifestyle described actually is.
“Slow Down, Tonight may be gone tommorow”
We Fly High · Jim Jones
strains against Luke 12:19-20
The fleeting-life awareness here leads only to more indulgence, the opposite turn from the rich fool parable's warning to store up what matters to God.
“The money ain't a thang when you party with me”
Crack a Bottle (feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent) · Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
strains against Luke 12:19-20
The boast of limitless wealth and pleasure echoes the rich fool's complacency, with no thought of anything beyond tonight's party.
“Imma be livin' that good life”
Imma Be · The Black Eyed Peas
strains against Luke 12:19-20
The rich fool's self-satisfied 'eat, drink, be merry' mindset echoes the song's carefree boasting about the good life, which Jesus warns is fleeting.
“I swear this life is like the sweetest thing I've ever known”
Over · Drake
strains against Luke 12:19-20
The rich fool's confidence in a life of ease and abundance is upended by how fragile that life actually is, a tension the song never pauses to consider.
“If I ain't wrong, we'll probably die on the floor”
On the Floor (feat. Pitbull) · Jennifer Lopez
strains against Luke 12:19-20
The line flirts with mortality in a throwaway way, echoing the rich fool's error of living only for tonight's pleasure without thought of what follows.
“I'ma blow this bag up like it's my last”
My Last (feat. Chris Brown) [10th Anniversary] · Big Sean
strains against Luke 12:19-20
Like the rich fool who tells himself to eat, drink, and be merry, the song's 'last night' philosophy ignores any thought of what actually matters beyond tonight.
“Imma blow off my money and don't give two s-”
Starships · Nicki Minaj
strains against Luke 12:19-20
The carefree spending and 'no end in sight' mentality echoes the rich fool's mistake of living only for pleasure without thought for tomorrow.
“25, sitting on 25 mill”
The Motto (Bonus Track) [feat. Lil Wayne] · Drake
strains against Luke 12:19-20
The rich fool trusts in abundance and is told his life could end tonight, the exact blind spot this bragging misses.
“It slips away and all your money won't another minute buy”
Dust In the Wind · Kansas
resonates with Luke 12:20-21
Jesus' parable of the rich fool warns that wealth cannot purchase one more moment of life, exactly the song's point.

24 songs meet this passage

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