Bible Cross References
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Psalm 39:6
no more than a shadow. All we do is for nothing; we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.
Psalm 49:16-20
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Don't be upset when someone becomes rich, when his wealth grows even greater;
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he cannot take it with him when he dies; his wealth will not go with him to the grave.
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Even if someone is satisfied with this life and is praised because he is successful,
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he will join all his ancestors in death, where the darkness lasts forever.
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Our greatness cannot keep us from death; we will still die like the animals.
Ecclesiastes 2:3-26
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Driven on by my desire for wisdom, I decided to cheer myself up with wine and have a good time. I thought that this might be the best way people can spend their short lives on earth.
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I accomplished great things. I built myself houses and planted vineyards.
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I planted gardens and orchards, with all kinds of fruit trees in them;
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I dug ponds to irrigate them.
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I bought many slaves, and there were slaves born in my household. I owned more livestock than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem.
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I also piled up silver and gold from the royal treasuries of the lands I ruled. Men and women sang to entertain me, and I had all the women a man could want.
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Yes, I was great, greater than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and my wisdom never failed me.
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Anything I wanted, I got. I did not deny myself any pleasure. I was proud of everything I had worked for, and all this was my reward.
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Then I thought about all that I had done and how hard I had worked doing it, and I realized that it didn't mean a thing. It was like chasing the wind---of no use at all.
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After all, a king can only do what previous kings have done. So I started thinking about what it meant to be wise or reckless or foolish.
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Oh, I know, "Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.
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The wise can see where they are going, and fools cannot." But I also know that the same fate is waiting for us all.
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I thought to myself, "What happens to fools is going to happen to me, too. So what have I gained from being so wise?" "Nothing," I answered, "not a thing."
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No one remembers the wise, and no one remembers fools. In days to come, we will all be forgotten. We must all die---wise and foolish alike.
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So life came to mean nothing to me, because everything in it had brought me nothing but trouble. It had all been useless; I had been chasing the wind.
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Nothing that I had worked for and earned meant a thing to me, because I knew that I would have to leave it to my successor,
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and he might be wise, or he might be foolish---who knows? Yet he will own everything I have worked for, everything my wisdom has earned for me in this world. It is all useless.
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So I came to regret that I had worked so hard.
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You work for something with all your wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and then you have to leave it all to someone who hasn't had to work for it. It is useless, and it isn't right!
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You work and worry your way through life, and what do you have to show for it?
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As long as you live, everything you do brings nothing but worry and heartache. Even at night your mind can't rest. It is all useless.
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The best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have earned. And yet, I realized that even this comes from God.
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How else could you have anything to eat or enjoy yourself at all?
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God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.
Isaiah 55:2
Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.
Luke 12:19
Then I will say to myself, Lucky man! You have all the good things you need for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself !'
Luke 16:19
"There was once a rich man who dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.
James 4:13
Now listen to me, you that say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to a certain city, where we will stay a year and go into business and make a lot of money."
James 5:1-5
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And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!
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Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.
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Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days.
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You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.
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Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.
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Psalm 21:6
Your blessings are with him forever, and your presence fills him with joy.
Psalm 42:5
Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God.
Psalm 44:3
Your people did not conquer the land with their swords; they did not win it by their own power; it was by your power and your strength, by the assurance of your presence, which showed that you loved them.
Psalm 67:1
God, be merciful to us and bless us; look on us with kindness,
Psalm 80:1-3
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Listen to us, O Shepherd of Israel; hear us, leader of your flock. Seated on your throne above the winged creatures,
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reveal yourself to the tribes of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your strength; come and save us!
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Bring us back, O God! Show us your mercy, and we will be saved!
Psalm 80:7-3
Psalm 80:19-3
Psalm 89:15
How happy are the people who worship you with songs, who live in the light of your kindness!
Psalm 119:135
Bless me with your presence and teach me your laws.
Numbers 6:26
May the LORD look on you with favor and give you peace.