Psalms 49:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Tim 6:7 : 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
  • Job 27:19 : 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 From men who are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hidden treasure; they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babies.
  • Eccl 5:15 : 15 As he came from his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor which he may carry away in his hand.
  • Isa 5:14 : 14 Therefore hell has enlarged itself, and opened its mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he who rejoices, shall descend into it.
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation that shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?
  • 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 16:24 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
  • 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 And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:18-20
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    81%

    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.

  • Ps 49:16
    78%

    16Be not afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

  • Job 15:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

    30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth he shall go away.

  • Job 27:19
    76%

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

  • Ps 49:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    9That he should still live forever, and not see corruption.

    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.

  • Job 21:32
    75%

    32Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    74%

    9As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

    10He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him anymore.

  • Job 18:16-19
    4 verses
    74%

    16His roots shall be dried up below, and above his branch shall be cut off.

    17His memory shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

    19He shall neither have son nor descendant among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

  • Ps 146:4
    74%

    4His breath departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  • Job 27:15
    73%

    15Those who survive him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

  • Eccl 5:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

    15As he came from his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor which he may carry away in his hand.

  • Ps 115:17
    72%

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

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

    8He shall fly away like a dream and shall not be found; yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

    9The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place behold him any longer.

  • Job 14:21
    71%

    21His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; and they are brought low, but he does not perceive it of them.

  • Eccl 6:4
    71%

    4For it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

  • 1 Tim 6:7
    71%

    7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

  • Job 21:21
    71%

    21For what pleasure does he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

  • Job 20:21
    71%

    21None of his food shall be left; therefore no one shall look for his goods.

  • Isa 14:18
    70%

    18All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, everyone in his own house.

  • Ps 49:14
    70%

    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.

  • Job 20:28
    70%

    28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of God's wrath.

  • Job 30:24
    70%

    24However, He will not stretch out His hand to the grave, though they cry out in their destruction.

  • Job 21:13
    70%

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

  • Job 36:19
    70%

    19Will he value your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

  • Prov 27:24
    70%

    24For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to every generation?

  • Job 14:2
    70%

    2He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flees also as a shadow and does not continue.

  • Ps 39:6
    69%

    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Jas 1:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

    11For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

  • Prov 17:6
    69%

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

  • Ps 6:5
    69%

    5For in death there is no remembrance of You: in the grave, who shall give You thanks?

  • Job 4:21
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    21Does not their excellence which is in them vanish away? They die, even without wisdom.

  • Eccl 9:5
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    5For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, nor have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

  • Job 14:12
    69%

    12So man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake nor be raised out of 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 seed of evildoers will never be renowned.

  • Isa 38:18
    69%

    18For Sheol cannot praise You, death cannot celebrate You: those who go down into the pit cannot hope for Your truth.