Psalm 39:6

New King James Version

Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them.

Cross References

Job 14:1

“Man who is born of 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 but a breath.

Job 7:7

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

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; 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? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Proverbs 23:5

Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, And put away evil from your flesh, For childhood and youth are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “All is vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and musical instruments of all kinds.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

But those riches perish through misfortune; When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Isaiah 55:2

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

Luke 12:26

If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?

Luke 12:29

“And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away.

James 4:14

whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time 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 heaped up treasure in the last days.

1 Peter 1:24

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

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.