Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
One generation
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Bible References
One generation
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who [limited by human wisdom] knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during the few days of his futile life? He spends them like a shadow [staying busy, but achieving nothing of lasting value]. For who can tell a man what will happen after him [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun [after his life is over]?
Genesis 5:3
When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
Genesis 11:20
When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.
Genesis 36:9
These are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. Few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, and they have not reached the years that my fathers lived during the days of their pilgrimage.”
Exodus 1:6
Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation,
Exodus 6:16
These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their births: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and Levi lived a hundred and thirty-seven years.
Psalm 89:47
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
Remember how fleeting my lifetime is;
For what vanity, [for what emptiness, for what futility, for what wisp of smoke] You have created all the sons of men!
Psalm 90:9
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
Zechariah 1:5
“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
But
Psalm 102:24
I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;
Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.
I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;
Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.
Psalm 104:5
He established the earth on its foundations,
So that it will not be moved forever and ever.
He established the earth on its foundations,
So that it will not be moved forever and ever.
Psalm 119:90
Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation;
You have established the earth, and it stands [securely].
Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation;
You have established the earth, and it stands [securely].
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish with a [mighty and thunderous] roar, and the [material] elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are on it will be burned up.
General references
Zechariah 1:5
“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?