Psalm 49:10

New International Reader's Version

Everyone can see that even wise people die. People who are foolish and who have no sense also pass away. All of them leave their wealth to others.

Cross References

Psalm 17:14

Lord, by your power save me from people like that. They belong to this world. They get their reward in this life. May what you have stored up for evil people fill their bellies. May their children’s stomachs be filled with it. And may there even be leftovers for their little ones.

Psalm 39:6

People are only shadows as they go here and there. They rush around, but it doesn’t mean anything. They pile up wealth, but they don’t know who will finally get it.

Psalm 49:17

They won’t take anything with them when they die. Their riches won’t go down to the grave with them.

Psalm 73:22

I didn’t have any sense. I didn’t know anything. I acted like a wild animal toward you.

Psalm 89:49

Lord, where is the great love you used to have? You faithfully promised it to David.

Psalm 94:8

You who aren’t wise, pay attention. You foolish people, when will you become wise?

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth isn’t worth anything when God judges you. But doing what is right saves you from death.

Proverbs 12:1

Anyone who loves correction loves knowledge. Anyone who hates to be corrected is stupid.

Proverbs 14:24

The wealth of wise people is their crown. But the foolish ways of foolish people lead to what is foolish.

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am only a dumb animal and not a man. I don’t understand as other men do.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness to the person who pleases him. But to a sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth. Then the sinner must hand it over to the one who pleases God. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.

Jeremiah 10:8

All of them are foolish. They don’t have any sense. They think they are taught by worthless wooden gods.

Jeremiah 17:11

Some people get rich by doing sinful things. They are like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay. When their lives are half over, their riches will desert them. In the end they will prove how foolish they have been.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight I will take your life away from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Hebrews 9:27

People have to die once. After that, God will judge them.