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.

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
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.

Surely

Ecclesiastes 1:14
I saw all the works that are done under the sun. Look! Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
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
I turned again and saw another vanity under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
{Increasing words only multiplies futility}, how does that profit anyone?
Ecclesiastes 12:8
"Vanity of vanity!" says the Teacher. "Everything [is] vanity!"
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
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 12:20
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 Peter 5:7
casting all your cares on him, because {he cares} for you.

He heapeth

Psalm 49:10
For he sees [that] the wise die, together [with the] fool and brute they perish, and leave their wealth to the next [generation].
Job 27:16
If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay,
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 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 5:14
That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, {he has nothing to leave to him}.
Luke 12:20
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?'
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.

General references

Deuteronomy 8:13
and your herds and your flocks have multiplied, and {you have accumulated silver and gold}, and all that {you have} has multiplied,
Psalm 114:4
The mountains skipped like rams, [the] hills like {lambs}.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Vanity of vanities!" says the Teacher, "Vanity of vanities! All [is] vanity!"
Ecclesiastes 2:20
So {I began to despair} of all the toil with which I toiled under the sun.
Matthew 6:19
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,