This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
Cross References
Psalm 49:18Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul--and men praise you when you prosper--
Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool."
Treasury of Scripture
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
folly
Luke 12:20
But 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?
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
approve their sayings [heb.
Jeremiah 44:17
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Luke 11:47,48
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them…
Luke 16:27,28
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: …
