Psalm 49:10
English Standard Version Anglicised
10 For he sees (A)that even the wise die;
(B)the fool and the stupid alike must perish
and (C)leave their wealth to others.
Job 27:16-17
English Standard Version Anglicised
16 Though he (A)heap up silver like dust,
and pile up clothing like clay,
17 he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and (B)the innocent will divide the silver.
Luke 12:20
English Standard Version Anglicised
20 But God said to him, (A)‘Fool! (B)This night (C)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, (D)whose will they be?’
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Ecclesiastes 2:18
English Standard Version Anglicised
The Vanity of Toil
18 I hated (A)all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must (B)leave it to the man who will come after me,
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Ecclesiastes 2:21
English Standard Version Anglicised
21 because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 For to the one who pleases him (A)God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given (B)the business of gathering and collecting, (C)only to give to one who pleases God. (D)This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Jeremiah 17:11
English Standard Version Anglicised
11 Like the (A)partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch,
so is (B)he who gets riches but not by justice;
(C)in the midst of his days they will leave him,
(D)and at his end he will be a fool.
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