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

He heapeth

General references

Bible References

A vain shew

James 4:14
when you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow! You are just a mist, which appears for a little while and then disappears.

Surely

Luke 10:40
But Martha was worried with all she had to do for them, and she came up and said, "Master, does it make no difference to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you. Then who will have all you have prepared?'
1 Peter 5:7
Throw all your anxiety upon him, for he cares for you.

He heapeth

Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you. Then who will have all you have prepared?'
James 5:3
your gold and silver are rusted, and their rust will testify against you and eat into your very flesh, for you have stored up fire for the last days.

General references

Matthew 6:19
"Do not store up your riches on earth, where moths and rust destroy them, and where thieves break in and steal them,