Psalm 49:12-13

Why Should I Fear in Times of Trouble?

12 Man in his pomp z will not remain;
a he is like the beasts that perish.

13 This is the path of those who have b foolish confidence;
yet after them people approve of their boasts. 1 Selah

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 49:20
    Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
    Psalms 39:5
    Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
    Psalms 82:7
    Nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 49:20
    Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
    Ecclesiastes 3:19
    For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.
  3. Cross References
    Luke 12:20
    But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?
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