Psalms 49:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 12:20 : 20 ‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?›
  • Luke 16:27-28 : 27 ‹Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:› 28 ‹For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.›
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
  • Jer 44:17 : 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for [then] had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
  • Luke 11:47-48 : 47 ‹Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.› 48 ‹Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.›

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    14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

  • Prov 1:31-32
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    31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

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  • Prov 19:3
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  • 2 Tim 3:9
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  • Prov 5:23
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