1Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you 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 will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.

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

4I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

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

5Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

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

6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast 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 God a ransom for him.

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

8For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

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

9That he should live on forever, 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 sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless 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 will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

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

12But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

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

13This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who 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. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.

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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

16Do not be afraid when a man 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 dies 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 you when you do well for yourself-

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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

20A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.

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