Psalm 39:6
Surely a man walks about as a [mere] {shadow}; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up [possessions] but does not know who [will] gather them [in].
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the person who [is] good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give [it] to [him who is] pleasing to him. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!
Luke 12:20-21
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
1 Corinthians 7:31
and those who make use of the world as [if they] do not make full use of [it]. For the present form of this world is passing away.
Job 27:16-17
If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay,
Ecclesiastes 5:14
That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, {he has nothing to leave to him}.
James 4:14
you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.
Psalm 49:10-11
For he sees [that] the wise die, together [with the] fool and brute they perish, and leave their wealth to the next [generation].
Psalm 127:2
[It is] in vain for you who rise early [and] sit late, eating the bread of anxious toil, [when] thus he provides for his beloved in [his] sleep.
Proverbs 13:22
He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren}, and stored up for the righteous [is] the wealth of a sinner.
Proverbs 23:5
Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens.
Proverbs 27:24
For riches [are] not forever, nor a crown for generation [after] generation.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I saw all the works that are done under the sun. Look! Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
I also gathered to myself silver and gold--the royal and provincial treasuries. I acquired for myself male and female singers, as well as the delight of {men}, {voluptuous concubines}.
Ecclesiastes 2:17-21
So I hated life because the work done under the sun [is] grievous to me. For everything [is] vanity and chasing wind!
Ecclesiastes 4:7-8
I turned again and saw another vanity under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 6:11-12
{Increasing words only multiplies futility}, how does that profit anyone?
Ecclesiastes 12:8
"Vanity of vanity!" says the Teacher. "Everything [is] vanity!"
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Now that all has been heard, here is the final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.
Luke 10:40-42
But Martha was distracted with much preparation, so she approached [and] said, "Lord, is it not a concern to you that my sister has left me alone to make preparations? Then tell her that she should help me!"
Luke 12:29
And you, do not consider what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not be anxious.
James 5:3
Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.
1 Peter 1:24
For "all flesh [is] like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers and the flower falls off,
1 Peter 5:7
casting all your cares on him, because {he cares} for you.