Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walks in a shadow. Surely they are disquieted in vain. He heaps up, and knows not who shall gather them.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man who pleases him [God] gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Luke 12:20-21

But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those who use this world, as not making full use, for the form of this world passes away.

Job 27:16-17

Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay,

Ecclesiastes 5:14

And those riches perish in a bad venture. And if he has begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

James 4:14

men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away--

Psalm 49:10-11

For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of toil, [for] so he gives sleep to his beloved.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not forever. And does the crown endure to all generations?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered for me silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of men, [and] a wife and wives.

Ecclesiastes 2:17-21

So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous to me. For all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:11-12

Since there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

[This is] the end of the matter, all has been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments, for this is the whole of man.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Luke 10:40-42

But Martha was encumbered about much serving. And having stood near, she said, Lord, do thou not care that my sister left me behind to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

Luke 12:29

And do not seek what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, and do not be unsettled.

James 5:3

Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days.

1 Peter 1:24

Because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls away,

1 Peter 5:7

having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

A vain shew

Bible References

A vain shew

James 4:14
men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away--

Surely

Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous to me. For all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
Since there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, all is vanity.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Luke 10:40
But Martha was encumbered about much serving. And having stood near, she said, Lord, do thou not care that my sister left me behind to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?
1 Peter 5:7
having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.

He heapeth

Psalm 49:10
For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Job 27:16
Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay,
Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not forever. And does the crown endure to all generations?
Ecclesiastes 2:8
I also gathered for me silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of men, [and] a wife and wives.
Ecclesiastes 5:14
And those riches perish in a bad venture. And if he has begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?
James 5:3
Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days.

General references

Deuteronomy 8:13
and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou have is multiplied,
Psalm 114:4
The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,