Psalm 49:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

Cross References

Psalm 17:14

With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.

Psalm 39:6

Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

Psalm 49:17

For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

Psalm 73:22

As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.

Psalm 89:49

Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?

Psalm 94:8

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

Proverbs 12:1

A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

Proverbs 14:24

Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

Proverbs 30:2

For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Jeremiah 10:8

But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

Hebrews 9:27

And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;