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 Parallel

Psalm 49:17 continues the same thought: at death, nothing is carried away—directly reinforcing the futility of wealth.

Psalm 39:6 Parallel

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 Allusion

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 Related theme

Proverbs 11:4 states riches are useless in death's judgment, complementing the idea that wealth is left behind.