Luke 12:19 (DBY)

Passage

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

Nearby Context

Luke 12:17 And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.

Luke 12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;

Luke 12:19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

Luke 12:20 But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

Luke 12:21 Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "soul", "thou", "hast", "much", "good", "things", and "laid". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "soul" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "And he said This will I do..." into verse 20's "But God said to him Fool this...", so "soul" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "soul" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.