Ecclesiastes 5:14
For when those riches are lost in bad investments and he becomes the father of a son, then there is nothing in his hand [for the support of the child].
1 Samuel 2:6-8
“The Lord puts to death and makes alive;
He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave].
1 Samuel 2:36
And it will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread and say, “Please assign me to one of the priest’s offices so I may eat a piece of bread.”’”
1 Kings 14:26
He took away the treasures of the house (temple) of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took away everything, he even took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Job 5:5
“The hungry devour his harvest
And take it even [when it grows] among the thorns;
The trap opens for [his] wealth.
Job 20:15-29
“He swallows [his ill-gotten] riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will drive them out of his belly.
Job 27:16-17
“Though he heaps up silver like dust
And piles up clothing like clay,
Psalm 39:6
“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.
Psalm 109:9-12
Let his children be fatherless
And his wife a widow.
Proverbs 23:5
When you set your eyes on wealth, it is [suddenly] gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies to the heavens.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the person who pleases Him God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who pleases God. This too is vanity and chasing after the wind.
Haggai 1:9
You look for much [harvest], but it comes to little; and even when you bring that home, I blow it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house, which lies in ruins while each of you runs to his own house [eager to enjoy it].
Haggai 2:16-17
from that time when one came to a grain heap expecting twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures, there would be only twenty.
Matthew 6:19-20
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“The hungry devour his harvest
And take it even [when it grows] among the thorns;
The trap opens for [his] wealth.
“He swallows [his ill-gotten] riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will drive them out of his belly.
“Though he heaps up silver like dust
And piles up clothing like clay,
“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.
When you set your eyes on wealth, it is [suddenly] gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies to the heavens.
And he
“The Lord puts to death and makes alive;
He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave].
Let his children be fatherless
And his wife a widow.