Psalms 49:17

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Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the glory of his house increases.

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  • 1 Tim 6:7 : 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
  • Job 27:19 : 19 The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 By your hand, Lord, save me from people of this world whose reward is in this life. Fill their bellies with what you have stored up; let their children be satisfied, and let them leave their wealth to their little ones.
  • Eccl 5:15 : 15 This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain from all his labor for the wind?
  • Isa 5:14 : 14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth wide without limit. Into it will descend its splendor, its multitude, its uproar, and those who revel in it.
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 What will you do on the day of punishment, when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'
  • 1 Cor 15:43 : 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 He said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be blessed.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:18-20
    3 verses
    81%

    18For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his glory will not follow him down.

    19Though he blesses himself during his lifetime, and people praise you when you prosper,

    20They will go to the generation of their fathers; they will never see the light again.

  • Ps 49:16
    78%

    16But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for He will receive me. Selah.

  • Job 15:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29He will no longer be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread out across the land.

    30He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.

  • Job 27:19
    76%

    19The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • Ps 49:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    9for the redemption of their soul is costly, and it ceases forever—

    10that he should live on forever and not see the pit of decay.

    11For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others.

    12Their inward thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places for all generations; they call their lands by their own names.

  • Job 21:32
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    32He is carried to the graves, and a watch is kept over his tomb.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    74%

    9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.

    10He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

  • Job 18:16-19
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    74%

    16His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

    17His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square.

    18He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.

    19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, nor any survivor where he once lived.

  • Ps 146:4
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    4When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

  • Job 27:15
    73%

    15His survivors will be buried in death, and his widows will not weep for them.

  • Eccl 5:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

    15This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain from all his labor for the wind?

  • Ps 115:17
    72%

    17The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.

  • Ps 89:48
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    48Remember how fleeting my life is; for what futility have you created all humanity!

  • Job 20:7-9
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    7he will perish forever like his own waste; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

    8Like a dream he flies away and is no more; he is chased away like a vision of the night.

    9The eye that saw him will see him no longer, and his place will behold him no more.

  • Job 14:21
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    21If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.

  • Eccl 6:4
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    4For it comes in vain and departs in darkness, and its name is covered in darkness.

  • 1 Tim 6:7
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    7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.

  • Job 21:21
    71%

    21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

  • Job 20:21
    71%

    21Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last.

  • Isa 14:18
    70%

    18All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb,

  • Ps 49:14
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    14This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah.

  • Job 20:28
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    28The produce of his house will be carried away, flowing away on the day of God's wrath.

  • Job 30:24
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    24Surely one does not stretch out a hand in ruin or cry for help in disaster.

  • Job 21:13
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    13They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.

  • Job 36:19
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    19Will your cry for help set things in order in distress, or will your exertions of strength suffice?

  • Prov 27:24
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    24For riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations.

  • Job 14:2
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    2He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.

  • Ps 39:6
    69%

    6Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • Jas 1:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

    11For the sun rises with its scorching heat, and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. In the same way, the rich person will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

  • Prov 17:6
    69%

    6Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Ps 6:5
    69%

    5Return, LORD! Rescue my soul; save me because of Your steadfast love.

  • Job 4:21
    69%

    21Isn't their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, and not with wisdom.

  • Eccl 9:5
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    5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten.

  • Job 14:12
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    12so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

  • Isa 14:20
    69%

    20You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land and slain your people. The offspring of evildoers will never be remembered.

  • Isa 38:18
    69%

    18For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.