Psalm 39:6

Modern English Version

Surely every man walks around like a shadow; surely they make an uproar in vain; he heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them.

Cross References

Job 14:1

“Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

Job 7:16

I loathe my life; I would not live forever; let me alone, for my days are emptiness.

Job 7:7

Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good.

Psalm 127:2

It is in vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrowful toil; for so He gives His beloved sleep.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 89:48

What man can live and not see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?    Selah

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his sons’ children, but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

Proverbs 23:5

Will you let your eyes fly after that which is not? For such wealth certainly sprouts wings, flying away like an eagle to the heavens.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, everything is vanity and like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Remove anxiety from your heart, and put away distress from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

This is the end of the matter; all has been heard. Now fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Teacher, “everything is vanity!”

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the person who is pleasing before Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the one who sins, He gives the task to gather and collect, to give to the other person who is pleasing before God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered for myself silver and gold and precious possessions of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and the sensual delights of any human being, even a harem of many concubines.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

and those riches were lost in an unfortunate business deal; and although he has a son, there is nothing left to put in his hand.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.

Luke 12:26

If you then cannot do what is least, why are you anxious about the other things?

Luke 12:29

And do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, nor be of an anxious mind.

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those who use this world, as though they did not make full use of it. For the form of this world is passing away.

James 4:14

whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

James 5:3

Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasures for the last days.

1 Peter 1:24

For “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your care upon Him, because He cares for you.