1Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

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Psalms 78:1, Psalms 78:1, Romans 3:29, Romans 10:18, Matthew 11:15

2Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

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Psalms 62:9, Psalms 62:9, Proverbs 22:2, 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:8

3My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

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Psalms 19:14, Psalms 19:14, Proverbs 22:17, Matthew 12:35, Proverbs 22:17

4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

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Psalms 78:2, Psalms 78:2, Matthew 13:35, Matthew 13:35, Numbers 12:8

5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

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Romans 8:33, Romans 8:34, Acts 27:24, Romans 8:33, Romans 8:34

6They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

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Psalms 52:7, Jeremiah 9:23, 1 Timothy 6:17, Psalms 52:7, Jeremiah 9:23

7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him

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Matthew 16:26, Matthew 16:26, Matthew 25:9, Matthew 20:28, Matthew 25:9

8(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever),

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Matthew 16:26, Matthew 16:26, Job 36:18, Job 36:19, Job 36:18

9That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

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Psalms 89:48, Psalms 89:48, Psalms 16:10, Psalms 16:10, John 8:51

10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

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Luke 12:20, Psalms 39:6, Luke 12:20, Psalms 39:6, Psalms 49:17

11Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, Andtheir dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

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Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:17, Psalms 64:6, Psalms 5:9, Psalms 64:6

12But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

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Ecclesiastes 3:18, Ecclesiastes 3:21, Ecclesiastes 3:18, Ecclesiastes 3:21, Psalms 49:20

13This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah

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Luke 12:20, Luke 12:20, Luke 16:27, Luke 16:28, 1 Corinthians 3:19

14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd: And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

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Malachi 4:3, Malachi 4:3, 1 Corinthians 6:2, 1 Corinthians 6:2, Job 30:23

15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. [Selah

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Psalms 73:24, Psalms 73:24, Psalms 56:13, Psalms 56:13, Psalms 86:13

16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased:

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Psalms 37:7, Psalms 37:7, Revelation 21:26, Psalms 37:1, Revelation 21:24

17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

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1 Timothy 6:7, 1 Timothy 6:7, Job 27:19, Job 27:19, Luke 16:24

18Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),

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Luke 12:19, Deuteronomy 29:19, Luke 12:19, Deuteronomy 29:19, Psalms 10:3

19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.

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Job 33:30, Job 33:30, Genesis 15:15, Psalms 56:13, Genesis 15:15

20Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.

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Psalms 49:12, Psalms 49:12, Esther 7:10, Job 4:21, Ecclesiastes 3:18