Psalms 39:6

People bustle about like shadows, amassing wealth they cannot keep. Earthly striving without God is ultimately in vain.

Cross-references · 24

• Luke 12:20–21But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
• Eccl 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• 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.
• 1 Cor 7:31and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
• Ps 127:2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.
• Eccl 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
• 1 Pet 5:7Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
• Eccl 5:14or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
• Eccl 4:7–8Again, I saw futility under the sun.
• Luke 12:29And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
• Job 27:16–17Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
• Isa 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
• Eccl 2:17–21So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• Prov 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
• Eccl 12:8“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
• Eccl 6:11–12For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
• Eccl 1:14I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
• Eccl 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
• Ps 49:10–11For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
• Luke 10:40–42But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”
• Prov 27:24for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
• Jas 5:3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.
• 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,
• Prov 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

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