Psalms 49:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.”
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“For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 49:10 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Psalms 49:17For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
- Psalms 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
- Psalms 89:49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
- Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
- Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
- Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
- Proverbs 14:24The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.
- Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
- Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
- Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
- Ecclesiastes 9:1So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
- Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
- Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
- Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- 1 Timothy 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
- Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
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