Psalms 49:11
Their inward thought is [that] their houses [are] forever, their dwelling-places to all generations. They call their lands after their own names.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12Even a man in splendor does not abide. He is like the beasts that perish.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:14(Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, to this day.)
2 Samuel 18:18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar which is in the king's valley, for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance. And he called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absa
Psalms 10:6He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
Psalms 64:6They search out iniquities, [saying,] We have accomplished a diligent search. And the inward part of man and the heart [are] deep.
Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skillfulness, yet he shall leave it to a man who has not labored in it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Luke 11:39And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:7-15
The Vanity of Worldly Riches; The End of the Wicked. 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None 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:) 9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is, that… Read the whole commentary →