Verse 21

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

Referenced Verses

  • Job 36:12 : 12 But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.
  • Job 8:22 : 22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
  • Luke 16:22-23 : 22 “Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And in Hades, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.
  • Jas 1:11 : 11 For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.
  • Job 18:21 : 21 ‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah)
  • Ps 39:11 : 11 You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor.(Selah)
  • Ps 49:14 : 14 They 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 49:20 : 20 Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.
  • Ps 146:3-4 : 3 Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver! 4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?
  • Isa 14:16 : 16 Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking:“Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble?
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’