Ecclesiastes 5:14

and that wealth is lost in troubled circumstances. Then a son is born, but there is nothing left for him.

1 Samuel 2:6-8

The LORD kills and gives life, he brings people down to where the dead are and he raises them up.

1 Samuel 2:36

Anyone who remains in your family will come and prostrate themselves before him for a small wage or a loaf of bread and will say, "Please put me in one of the priest's offices so I can eat a piece of bread."'"

1 Kings 14:26

He stripped the LORD's Temple and the royal palace of their treasures. He took everything, even the gold shields that Solomon had made.

Job 5:5

Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth.

Job 20:15-29

"Though he swallows wealth, he will vomit it; God will dislodge it from his stomach.

Job 27:16-17

"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,

Psalm 39:6

In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.

Psalm 109:9-12

May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Proverbs 23:5

When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

After all, to the person who is good in God's sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner he gives the troublesome task of acquiring and accumulating in order to leave it to someone who is good in the sight of God. This also is pointless and chasing after the wind.

Haggai 1:9

"You turned away in pursuit of abundance, but look at how little you found! What you did manage to bring home, I blew away! And why?' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "It's because of my house! It lies in ruins while each of you runs off to his own house!

Haggai 2:16-17

When someone came to a pile of grain to get 20 measures, there were only ten. Or when someone approached the wine press to siphon out 50 measures, there were only 20.

Matthew 6:19-20

"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

General references

Bible References

Those

Ecclesiastes 2:26
After all, to the person who is good in God's sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner he gives the troublesome task of acquiring and accumulating in order to leave it to someone who is good in the sight of God. This also is pointless and chasing after the wind.
Job 5:5
Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth.
Job 20:15
"Though he swallows wealth, he will vomit it; God will dislodge it from his stomach.
Job 27:16
"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,
Psalm 39:6
In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.
Proverbs 23:5
When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle.
Haggai 1:9
"You turned away in pursuit of abundance, but look at how little you found! What you did manage to bring home, I blew away! And why?' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "It's because of my house! It lies in ruins while each of you runs off to his own house!
Haggai 2:16
When someone came to a pile of grain to get 20 measures, there were only ten. Or when someone approached the wine press to siphon out 50 measures, there were only 20.
Matthew 6:19
"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

And he

1 Samuel 2:6
The LORD kills and gives life, he brings people down to where the dead are and he raises them up.
1 Kings 14:26
He stripped the LORD's Temple and the royal palace of their treasures. He took everything, even the gold shields that Solomon had made.
Psalm 109:9
May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.

General references

Matthew 6:19
"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

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