Luke 12:15
And he said to them, See ye, and beware of all covetousness; for the life of a man is not in the abundance of the things, which he wieldeth.This verse in the real world
In what words
- πλεονεξίαpleonexíaavarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion
- φυλάσσωphylássōto watch, i.e. be on guard (literally of figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey,
- περισσεύωperisseúōto superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively)
- ὁράωhoráōby extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
- ζωήzōḗlife (literally or figuratively)
- τὶςtìssome or any person or object
- ἀπόapó"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; li
- πρόςprósa preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of,
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Heb 13:5, 1Ti 6:6–10, Psa 119:36–37, Pro 15:16, Pro 16:16, Mat 6:25–26, Ecc 5:10–16, Luk 16:14