Psalm 39:6

New Century Version

People are like shadows moving about. All their work is for nothing; they collect things but don’t know who will get them.

Cross References

Job 14:1

“All of us born to women live only a few days and have lots of trouble.

Job 7:16

I hate my life; I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, because my days have no meaning.

Job 7:7

Remember, God, that my life is only a breath. My eyes will never see happy times again.

Psalm 127:2

It is no use for you to get up early and stay up late, working for a living. The Lord gives sleep to those he loves.

Psalm 144:4

People are like a breath; their lives are like passing shadows.

Psalm 89:48

What person alive will not die? Who can escape the grave?Selah

Proverbs 13:22

Good people leave their wealth to their grandchildren, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for good people.

Proverbs 23:5

Wealth can vanish in the wink of an eye. It can seem to grow wings and fly away like an eagle.

Proverbs 27:24

Riches will not go on forever, nor do governments go on forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I looked at everything done on earth and saw that it is all useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Don’t worry, and forget the troubles of your body, because youth and childhood are useless.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Now, everything has been heard, so I give my final advice: Honor God and obey his commands, because this is all people must do.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Everything is useless! The Teacher says that everything is useless.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If people please God, God will give them wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But sinners will get only the work of gathering and storing wealth that they will have to give to the ones who please God. So all their work is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered silver and gold for myself, treasures from kings and other areas. I had male and female singers and all the women a man could ever want.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

They lose it all in a bad deal and have nothing to give to their children.

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend your money on something that is not real food? Why work for something that doesn’t really satisfy you? Listen closely to me, and you will eat what is good; your soul will enjoy the rich food that satisfies.

Luke 12:26

If you cannot do even the little things, then why worry about the big things?

Luke 12:29

Don’t always think about what you will eat or what you will drink, and don’t keep worrying.

1 Corinthians 7:31

Those who use the things of the world should live as if they were not using them, because this world in its present form will soon be gone.

James 4:14

But you do not know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a mist. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

James 5:3

Your gold and silver have rusted, and that rust will be a proof that you were wrong. It will eat your bodies like fire. You saved your treasure for the last days.

1 Peter 1:24

The Scripture says, “All people are like the grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass dies and the flowers fall,

1 Peter 5:7

Give all your worries to him, because he cares about you.