Cross references

Psalm 49:12

But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure;

he is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 49:12 BSB

Psalm 49:12 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 3:18–21 (9 votes) and Psalm 39:5 (6 votes). 25 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 11 to 1 Peter 1.

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Which verses does Psalm 49:12 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.” For 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. …

  2. Psalm 39:56 votes

    You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

  3. A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

  4. Psalm 82:76 votes

    But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

  5. For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

  6. But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

  7. For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

Which verses point to Psalm 49:12?

The 10 strongest of 25.