6 Bible Verses about Futility Of Worldly Pursuits
Most Relevant Verses
Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not be haughty nor set their hopes on riches--that unstable foundation--but on God who provides us richly with all things for our enjoyment. They must be beneficent, rich in noble deeds, open-handed and liberal; storing up for themselves that which shall be a solid foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of the Life which is life indeed.
Why, what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what could a man give to buy back his life?
Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world, but to have lost or forfeited his own self.
"'Remember, my child,' said Abraham, 'that you had all your good things during your lifetime, and that Lazarus in like manner had his bad things. But, now and here, he is receiving consolation and you are in agony. And, besides all this, a vast chasm is immovably fixed between us and you, put there in order that those who desire to cross from this side to you may not be able, nor any be able to cross over from your side to us.'
This world's wisdom is "foolishness" in God's sight; for it is written, "He snares the wise with their own cunning."
