Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

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Psalm 49:17
For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.
Psalm 17:14
From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babes.
Psalm 39:6
“Surely every man walks about as a phantom;
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
Jeremiah 17:11
“As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in the end he will be a fool.”
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.

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Psalm 94:11
The Lord knows the thoughts of man,
That they are a mere breath.