Luke 6:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.”
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BSBPD
“But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`But woe to you--the rich, because ye have got your comfort.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Luke 6:24 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Psalms 49:16Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
- Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
- Jeremiah 5:4Then 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.
- Amos 4:1Hear 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.”
- Amos 6:1Woe 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.
- Haggai 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.”
- Matthew 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.
- Matthew 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.
- Matthew 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.
- Luke 12:15And 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.”
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Luke 18:23But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
- 1 Timothy 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.
- James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
- James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- Revelation 18:6Give 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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