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, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.

Surely

Luke 10:40
Martha meanwhile was busy and distracted in waiting at table, and she came and said, "Master, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do all the waiting? Tell her to assist me."
Luke 12:20
"But God said to him, "'Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?'
1 Peter 5:7
Throw the whole of your anxiety upon Him, because He Himself cares for you.

He heapeth

Luke 12:20
"But God said to him, "'Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?'
James 5:3
your gold and your silver have become covered with rust, and the rust on them will give evidence against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded up wealth in these last days.

General references

Matthew 6:19
"Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.