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
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

Surely

Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:7
Then I looked again at vanity under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”
Isaiah 55:2
“Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And delight yourself in abundance.
Luke 10:40
But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.”
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’
1 Peter 5:7
casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

He heapeth

Psalm 49:10
For he sees that even wise men die;
The stupid and the senseless alike perish
And leave their wealth to others.
Job 27:16
“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 23:5
When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not forever,
Nor does a crown endure to all generations.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of men—many concubines.
Ecclesiastes 5:14
When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’
James 5:3
Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

General references

Deuteronomy 8:13
and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies,
Psalm 114:4
The mountains skipped like rams,
The hills, like lambs.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
Matthew 6:19
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

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