15 Bible Verses about Futility Of Worldly Pursuits
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for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORDgave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."
For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul?
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
Do you not know this from of old, since man was placed on earth, that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.'
For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"
