Psalms 39:6

39:6 Surely people go through life as mere ghosts.

Surely they accumulate worthless wealth

without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

Psalms 73:20

73:20 They are like a dream after one wakes up.

O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.

Ecclesiastes 1:4

1:4 A generation comes and a generation goes,

but the earth remains the same through the ages.

James 1:10-11

1:10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow. 1:11 For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

James 4:14

4:14 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

James 4:1

Passions and Pride

4:1 Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?

James 1:24

1:24 For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.

James 4:7

4:7 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

James 4:1

Passions and Pride

4:1 Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?

James 2:17

2:17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.