Psalms 49:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?
  • Luke 16:27-28 : 27 Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house: 28 For I have five brothers; that he may testify to 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 catches the wise in their own craftiness.
  • Jer 44:17 : 17 But we will certainly do whatever thing proceeds out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to 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 we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
  • Luke 11:47-48 : 47 Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.

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  • Ps 49:10-12
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    76%

    10For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

    11Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

    12Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.

  • Ps 49:14
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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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    71%

    31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

    32For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 14:24
    70%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

  • Ps 49:17-20
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    70%

    17For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

    18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.

    19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

    20Man that is in honor, and does not understand, is like the beasts that perish.

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

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • 2 Tim 3:9
    70%

    9But they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifested to all, as theirs also was.

  • Prov 5:23
    69%

    23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • Ps 78:33
    69%

    33Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

  • Job 4:20-21
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    69%

    20They are destroyed from morning to evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

    21Does not their excellence which is in them vanish away? They die, even without wisdom.

  • Prov 14:8-9
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

    9Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Jer 51:18
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    18They are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Job 6:18
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    18The paths of their way turn aside; they go to nothing and perish.

  • Ps 73:4
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    4For there are no pains in their death; but their strength is firm.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the legacy of fools.

  • Jer 10:15
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    15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation, they shall perish.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The look on their faces testifies against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end are the ways of death.

  • Jer 10:8
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    8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the wooden idol is a doctrine of vanities.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that, they go to the dead.

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    13He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.

  • Ps 39:5-6
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    5Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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  • Ps 52:6-7
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    6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

    7Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Ps 89:48
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    48What man can live and not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah.

  • Job 30:8
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    8They were children of fools, yes, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

  • Rom 3:16
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    16'Destruction and misery are in their ways:'

  • Hab 1:11
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    11Then his mind changes, and he transgresses; he commits offense, ascribing this power to his god.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Ps 39:11
    66%

    11When you correct a man for iniquity with rebukes, you make his beauty to fade like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

  • Prov 17:6
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    6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Job 5:3
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    3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.