Psalms 49:20

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Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.

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  • Ps 49:12 : 12 but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.
  • Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin. 19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
  • Eccl 3:18-19 : 18 I also thought to myself,“It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals. 19 For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.
  • Job 4:21 : 21 Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.
  • Esth 5:11-14 : 11 Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, his many sons, and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king’s other officials and servants. 12 Haman said,“Furthermore, Queen Esther invited only me to accompany the king to the banquet that she prepared! And also tomorrow I am invited along with the king. 13 Yet all of this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.” 14 Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him,“Have a gallows seventy-five feet high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented.” It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built.

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    9so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

    10Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.

    11Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,

    12but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

    13This is the destiny of fools, and of those who approve of their philosophy.(Selah)

    14They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

  • Ps 92:6
    76%

    6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

  • Ps 49:19
    74%

    19But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

  • Eccl 3:18-21
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    18I also thought to myself,“It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.

    19For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.

    20Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

    21Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?

  • 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.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

  • Ps 144:3-4
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    3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

    4People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

  • Job 11:12
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    12But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.

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    17For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

  • Job 4:20-21
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    20They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

    21Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

  • Job 20:7
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    7he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say,‘Where is he?’

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    22I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.

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    9It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

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    15all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

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  • Prov 5:23
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    23He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

  • Job 18:3
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    3Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?

  • Ps 146:4
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    4Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

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    2Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

  • Eccl 2:16
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