Job 4:21

New English Translation

Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

Cross References

Job 18:21

‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”

Job 32:9

It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

Job 36:12

But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.

Job 8:22

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

Psalm 39:11

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

Psalm 39:5

Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.

Psalm 49:14

They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

Psalm 49:20

Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.

Proverbs 5:23

He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

Isaiah 14:16

Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking: “Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble?

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

James 1:11

For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.