Psalm 49:18

Misplaced Trust In Wealth

¹⁷ For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.
¹⁸ Though while he lives he congratulates himself—
And though men praise you when you do well for yourself—
¹⁹ He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They will never see the light.

Do Good

Deuteronomy 29:19

It shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will boast, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.’

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’

1 Samuel 25:6

and thus you shall say, ‘Have a long life, peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

Esther 3:2

All the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman; for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage.

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

Hosea 12:8

And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
No iniquity, which would be sin.”

Acts 12:20-22

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.

Revelation 13:3-4

I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast;