Psalm 49:17

New Century Version

They don’t take anything to the grave; their wealth won’t go down with them.

Cross References

Job 1:21

He said: “I was naked when I was born, and I will be naked when I die. The Lord gave these things to me, and he has taken them away. Praise the name of the Lord.”

Job 27:19

The wicked are rich when they go to bed, but they are rich for the last time; when they open their eyes, everything is gone.

Psalm 17:14

Lord, save me by your power from those whose reward is in this life. They have plenty of food. They have many sons and leave much money to their children.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

People come into this world with nothing, and when they die they leave with nothing. In spite of all their hard work, they leave just as they came.

Isaiah 10:3

How will you explain the things you have done? What will you do when your destruction comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your riches then?

Isaiah 5:14

So the place of the dead wants more and more people, and it opens wide its mouth. Jerusalem’s important people and common people will go down into it, with their happy and noisy ones.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘Foolish man! Tonight your life will be taken from you. So who will get those things you have prepared for yourself?’

Luke 16:24

He called, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire!’

1 Corinthians 15:43

When the body is “planted,” it is without honor, but it is raised in glory. When the body is “planted,” it is weak, but when it is raised, it is powerful.

1 Timothy 6:7

We brought nothing into the world, so we can take nothing out.