Psalms 49:10 Cross References

Psalms 49:10

10: Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind.

"But God said to him, 'You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get it all?'

We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.

I was so foolish and ignorant--I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.

And just as it is destined that each person dies only once and after that comes judgment,

For when they die, they carry nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.

Only an ignorant person would not know this! Only a fool would not understand it.
Although the wicked flourish like weeds, and evildoers blossom with success, there is only eternal destruction ahead of them.

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. Even this, however, is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

There is another serious problem I have seen in the world. Riches are sometimes hoarded to the harm of the saver,
or they are put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one's children.
People who live only for wealth come to the end of their lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day they were born.
And this, too, is a very serious problem. As people come into this world, so they depart. All their hard work is for nothing. They have been working for the wind, and everything will be swept away.

Like a bird that hatches eggs she has not laid, so are those who get their wealth by unjust means. Sooner or later they will lose their riches and, at the end of their lives, will become poor old fools.

This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God's hands, no one knows whether or not God will show them favor in this life.
The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether they are righteous or wicked, good or bad, ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who take oaths are treated like people who don't.

Save me by your mighty hand, O LORD, from those whose only concern is earthly gain. May they have their punishment in full. May their children inherit more of the same, and may the judgment continue to their children's children.

Riches won't help on the day of judgment, but right living is a safeguard against death.

For the wise person and the fool both die, and in the days to come, both will be forgotten.
So now I hate life because everything done here under the sun is so irrational. Everything is meaningless, like chasing the wind.
I am disgusted that I must leave the fruits of my hard work to others.
And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? And yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work. How meaningless!
So I turned in despair from hard work. It was not the answer to my search for satisfaction in this life.

The wisest of people who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!

When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire human race. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.
Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. And though there was no law to break, since it had not yet been given,
they all died anyway--even though they did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. What a contrast between Adam and Christ, who was yet to come!

Yet true religion with contentment is great wealth.
After all, we didn't bring anything with us when we came into the world, and we certainly cannot carry anything with us when we die.
So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.
But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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