Psalm 49:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Here is what happens to fools and to those who trust the words of fools:

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:19

Like animals we breathe and die, and we are no better off than they are. It just doesn't make sense.

Jeremiah 44:17

We have promised to worship the goddess Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, and that is exactly what we are going to do. We will burn incense and offer sacrifices of wine to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did when we lived in Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah. We had plenty of food back then. We were well off, and nothing bad ever happened to us.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, “You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?”

1 Corinthians 3:19

This is because God considers the wisdom of this world to be foolish. It is just as the Scriptures say, “God catches the wise when they try to outsmart him.”