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Psalms 49:20
Psalms 49:20 is verse 20 of Psalms chapter 49, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
King James Version
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
World English Bible
A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
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Psalms 49:18–20 · Berean Standard Bible
18 Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—
19 he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
20 A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 49:12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
Esther 5:11Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
Esther 5:12“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
Esther 5:13Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Job 4:21Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Ecclesiastes 3:18I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
Ecclesiastes 3:19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.