Luke 16:19
Luke · New Testament · Chapter 16
“There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:”Luke 16:19
What Does Luke 16:19 Mean?
Luke 16:19 is found in the book of Luke, chapter 16, verse 19 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Poverty & Wealth.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Luke 16:19 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Mark 8:36“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”Colossians 3:2“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”Ezekiel 16:49“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”Proverbs 28:6“Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.”James 5:1“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.”Proverbs 19:20“Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.”Esther 8:15“And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.”Psalms 92:7“When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:”James 1:11“For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.”1 Samuel 25:2“And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.”Proverbs 22:2“The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.”Lamentations 4:5“They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.”Luke 8:18“Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.”Luke 18:24“And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!”James 5:5“Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.”Deuteronomy 32:29“O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!”Proverbs 31:24“She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.”Ecclesiastes 5:13“There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.”Amos 6:4“That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;”Luke 15:13“And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.”
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