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.