1Hear this, all ye nations; 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 high and low, rich and poor alike!

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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 mind shall be 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 poem; I will utter my song upon 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 adversity, When the iniquity of my adversaries encompasseth me;

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

6They who trust in their riches, And glory in the greatness of their wealth?

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

7No one can redeem his brother from death, Nor give a ransom for him to God,

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

8That he should live to eternity, And not see the pit.

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

9Too costly is the redemption of his life, And he giveth it up for ever.

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

10For he seeth that wise men die, As well as the foolish and the ignorant; They perish alike, 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

11They imagine that their houses will endure for ever, And their dwelling-places from generation to generation: Men celebrate their names on the earth.

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

12Yet man, who is 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

13Such is the way which is their confidence! And they who come after them approve their maxims. [Pause.]

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

14Like sheep they are cast into the underworld; Death shall feed upon them; And the upright shall soon trample upon them. Their form shall be consumed in the underworld, And they shall no more have a dwelling-place.

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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 life from the underworld; Yea, he will take me under his care. [Pause.]

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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 becometh 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 will carry nothing away; His glory will 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 in his life he thought himself happy,—Though men praised thee, while thou wast in prosperity,—

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

19Yet shalt thou go to the dwelling-place of thy fathers, Who never more shall see the light!

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

20The man who is in honor, but without understanding, 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