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²Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
¹²I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
¹³And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
¹⁴I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
¹⁸Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
¹⁹And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
²⁰Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
²¹For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
²²For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
²³For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Psalm 49

¹Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
²Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
³My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
⁴I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
⁵Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
⁶They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
⁷None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
⁸(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
⁹That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
¹⁰For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
¹¹Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
¹²Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

3If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
²Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
³For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
⁴When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
⁵Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
⁶For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
⁷In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
⁸But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
⁹Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
¹⁰And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
¹¹Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

¹³And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
¹⁴And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
¹⁵And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
¹⁶And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
¹⁷And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
¹⁸And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
¹⁹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
²⁰But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
²¹So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.