Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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Psalm 49:17
for he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him.
Psalm 17:14
From the men of thy hand, O LORD, from the men, I say, and from the evil world, which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.
Psalm 39:6
Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches help not in the day of vengeance; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Yea, I was weary of all my labour, which I had taken under the Sun, because I should be fain to leave them unto another man, that cometh after me.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
Yet is there a sore plague, which I have seen under the sun: namely, riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession.
Jeremiah 17:11
The deceitful maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no young: He cometh by riches, but not righteously. In the midst of his life must he leave them behind him, and at the last be found a very fool.
Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?'
1 Timothy 6:6
Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath.
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Psalm 94:11
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are but vain.