Psalms 49:10
“For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.”
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.”
“Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.”
“But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?”
“Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?”
“A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.”