Psalm 49:10

Misplaced Trust In Wealth

⁹ so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit. ¹⁰ For one can see that wise men die;
foolish and stupid men also pass away.
Then they leave their wealth to others.
¹¹ Their graves are their eternal homes,
their homes from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.

Wise Men

Psalm 39:6

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.

Psalm 94:8

Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward You.

Proverbs 30:2

I am more stupid than any other man,
and I lack man’s ability to understand.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

Psalm 17:14

With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.

Psalm 49:17

For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth will not follow him down.

Psalm 92:6-7

A stupid person does not know,
a fool does not understand this:

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but one who hates correction is stupid.

Ecclesiastes 2:16-21

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man, since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise man dies just like the fool?

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-16

There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Ecclesiastes 9:1-2

Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands.People don’t know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!

Jeremiah 17:11

He who makes a fortune unjustly
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.

Romans 5:12-14

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all men, because all sinned.

1 Timothy 6:6-10

But godliness with contentment is a great gain.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—