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
He will not take anything with him when he dies. Even his greatness cannot follow him.
Psalm 17:14
With your power (by your hand) rescue me from mortals, O Jehovah, from mortals who look forward only to this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied with it, and they leave what remains to their children.
Psalm 39:6
Every man walks about like a vain illusion. He makes a lot of noise over nothing. He hoards riches and does not know who will receive them.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath. Righteousness delivers from death.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
I hated all the work I had done under the sun, because I would leave it behind for the man who comes after me.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
I have seen a grievous evil under the sun. I have seen riches being hoarded by their owner to his downfall (distress).
Jeremiah 17:11
A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked fool.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?'
1 Timothy 6:6
Godliness with contentment is great gain.
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Psalm 94:11
Jehovah knows the thoughts of man. He knows that they a mere vanity.