Luke 6:24
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
KJV
Πλὴν οὐαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς πλουσίοις, ὅτι ἀπέχετε τὴν παράκλησιν ὑμῶν.
Greek NT
Verumtamen væ vobis divitibus, quia habetis consolationem vestram.
Vulgate
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
ASV
But woe to you that are rich: for you have your consolation.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
οὐαί
ouai
noun · 46×
παράκλησις
paraklesis
noun · 29×
πλήν
plen
adverb · 31×
πλούσιος
plousios
adjective · 28×
ἀπέχω
apecho
verb · 18×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2547The Lord grieves over the rich, because they find their consolation in the abundance of goods.340 "Let the proud seek and love earthly kingdoms, but blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven."341 Abandonment to the providence of the Father in heaven frees us from anxiety about tomorrow.342 Trust in God is a preparation for the blessedness of the poor. T…
If Paul had known any mysteries unrevealed to the other apostles, Luke, his constant companion and fellow-traveller, could not have been ignorant of them; neither could the truth have possibly lain hid from him, through whom alone we learn many and most important particulars of the Gospel history. 1. But that this Luke was inseparable from Paul, and his fellow-labourer in the G…
1. What I have often said, I will now say, that Christ looks not so much to His own honor as to our salvation; not how He may utter some sublime saying, but how something able to draw us to Him. On which account His sublime and mighty sayings are few, and those also hidden, but the humble and lowly are many, and abound through His discourses. For since by these men were the rat…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
- Amos 6:1 — Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
- Jas 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
- Jas 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
- Jas 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
- Luke 1:53 — He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
- Luke 16:25 — But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
- Luke 18:23 — And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
- Matt 6:2 — Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have t
- Prov 1:32 — For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- Ps 49:6 — They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
- Ps 49:16 — Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
- Rev 3:17 — Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: