1 Corinthians 7:31

Those who use the world should not become engrossed in it, for the present form of this world is passing away. The world's fashion is fleeting, so don't build your life on it.

Cross-references · 23

• 1 Jn 2:17The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
• 1 Pet 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
• Jas 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
• Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
• 1 Pet 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
• Eccl 9:7–10Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
• 1 Tim 6:17–18Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
• Eccl 1:4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
• Eccl 2:24–25Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
• Eccl 3:12–13I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
• Ps 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
• Eccl 5:18–20Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
• 1 Cor 9:18What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.
• Jas 5:1–5Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• Jas 1:10–11But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
• Luke 12:15–21And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
• Ps 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
• Eccl 11:9–10Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
• Matt 25:14–29For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
• Matt 24:48–50But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
• Luke 19:17–26His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
• Eccl 11:2Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
• Luke 16:1–2Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

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