That was the New Testament parable of the rich fool:
Luke 12:13-21
Luke 12:13-21 New International Version (NIV)
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
New International Version (NIV)
Thank you, as well, Red Badger!
I put my foot in my mouth so often on this site (usually because of my memory) and am so glad to see well rounded people on it who can assist!
This site is wonderful for folks who seek knowledge.
Found it! Proverbs 6:6-8, Proverbs 30:24-25.
Who knew I’d be thinking/writing about ants of all things. I most definitely combined the parable about the Ant and the parable about the Farmer.
Why in the world, or how in the world, I managed to combine the two different parables is way beyond me.
On the bright side at least I remembered the ant!! And that’s probably because living in West Texas those stinkers are everywhere. LOL
Again, thank each of you for the verses!