Psalm 39:6

Good News Translation (US Version)

no more than a shadow. All we do is for nothing; we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

James 4:14

You don't even know what your life tomorrow will be! You are like a puff of smoke, which appears for a moment and then disappears.

1 Corinthians 7:31

those who deal in material goods, as though they were not fully occupied with them. For this world, as it is now, will not last much longer.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

After all this, there is only one thing to say: Have reverence for God, and obey his commands, because this is all that we were created for.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

and then lose it all in some bad deal and end up with nothing left to pass on to their children.

1 Peter 5:7

Leave all your worries with him, because he cares for you.

Luke 12:29

“So don't be all upset, always concerned about what you will eat and drink.

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Useless, useless, said the Philosopher. It is all useless.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also piled up silver and gold from the royal treasuries of the lands I ruled. Men and women sang to entertain me, and I had all the women a man could want.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything done in this world, and I tell you, it is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Proverbs 13:22

Good people will have wealth to leave to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners will go to the righteous.

Psalm 127:2

It is useless to work so hard for a living, getting up early and going to bed late. For the Lord provides for those he loves, while they are asleep.

1 Peter 1:24

As the scripture says, “All human beings are like grass, and all their glory is like wild flowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall,

James 5:3

Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days.

Proverbs 27:24

because wealth is not permanent. Not even nations last forever.

Proverbs 23:5

Your money can be gone in a flash, as if it had grown wings and flown away like an eagle.

Job 7:7

Remember, O God, my life is only a breath; my happiness has already ended.

Job 7:16

I give up; I am tired of living. Leave me alone. My life makes no sense.

Job 14:1

We are all born weak and helpless. All lead the same short, troubled life.

Psalm 89:48

Who can live and never die? How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave?

Psalm 144:4

We are like a puff of wind; our days are like a passing shadow.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Don't let anything worry you or cause you pain. You aren't going to be young very long.

Luke 12:26

If you can't manage even such a small thing, why worry about the other things?