Psalm 49:10
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Cross-references
Psalm 49:17 continues the same thought: at death, nothing is carried away—directly reinforcing the futility of wealth.
Psalm 39:6 laments heaping up wealth without knowing who will gather it—identical theme of uncertain inheritance.
Hebrews 9:27 states it is appointed for men to die once, directly affirming the universal death described.
1 Timothy 6:6-10 teaches that we bring nothing into the world and can take nothing out, directly reinforcing the psalm's point about leaving wealth.
Romans 5:12-14 explains that death passed to all men through sin, reinforcing the universality of death.
Luke 12:20 recounts the rich fool whose soul is required that night, leaving his prepared goods to others — a vivid NT echo of the psalm.
Ecclesiastes 9:2 explicitly says the same event (death) comes to all, righteous and wicked, wise and fool.
Ecclesiastes 5:13-16 expands on the theme: riches are lost or left behind, and one takes nothing from this world, directly paralleling the fate of the wealthy.
Ecclesiastes 2:26 echoes that the sinner's wealth is gathered only to be given to one who pleases God, reinforcing the futility of leaving riches behind.
Ecclesiastes 2:21 describes leaving toil to one who did not work for it—same vanity of inheritance after death.
Ecclesiastes 2:19 adds the uncertainty of whether the heir is wise or foolish, echoing the fate of both in Psalm 49:10.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 expresses hatred of toil because it must be left to another—directly parallel to leaving wealth.
Ecclesiastes 2:16-21 echoes the same observation: wise and fool alike die and leave their wealth to others.
In Jeremiah 9:23, the warning against boasting in wisdom, might, or riches aligns with Psalm 49:10's reminder that all die and leave wealth.
In Ecclesiastes 2:14, the same observation that wise and fool share the same fate of death reinforces the futility theme.
Jeremiah 17:11 applies the same principle to unjustly gained riches: they leave the owner in his days, making him a fool at the end.
Proverbs 11:4 states riches are useless in death's judgment, complementing the idea that wealth is left behind.