6 Bible Verses about Futility Of Worldly Pursuits

for we bring nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.

Charge the rich of this world not to be supercilious, and not to fix their hopes on so uncertain a thing as riches but on the living God who richly provides us with all the enjoyments of life; tell them to be bountiful, rich in good works, open-handed and generous, amassing right good treasure for themselves in the world to come, in order to secure the life which is life indeed.

What profit is it for a man to gain the whole world and to forfeit his soul? What could a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

What profit will it be for a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, you got all the bliss when you were alive, just as Lazarus got the ills of life; he is in comfort now, and you are in anguish. Besides all that, a great gulf yawns between us and you, to keep back those who want to cross from us to you and also those who want to pass from you to us.'

For God ranks this world's wisdom as 'sheer folly.' It is written, He seizes the wise in their craftiness,