²⁰ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’^{(A) 21} So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”^(B)

²⁶ For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.^(A)

¹⁴ Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.^(A)

³¹ and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.^(A)

¹³ The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.^(A)

¹⁴ and those riches were lost in a bad venture; though they are parents of children, they have nothing in their hands.

⁷ Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.^(A)

²⁹ And do not keep seeking what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying.