Psalms 49:10 · WEB
“For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.”
— Psalms 49:10
Speaker
Sons of Korah
Era
Kingdom (~1000 BC)
Emotion
deciding
Type
wisdom_psalm
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
universal mortalitywealth futilitywisdom limits
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