Psalms 49:20
A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
In Context
19he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Job 10:21before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Ecclesiastes 11:8So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:16-20
Privilege of the Godly. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth… Read the whole commentary →