Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
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Bible References
That which
Ecclesiastes 2:16
For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?
Psalm 49:12
Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it.
As the
2 Samuel 14:14
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and God has not taken away his life, but devises means that the banished one be not expelled from him.
Job 14:10
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
Psalm 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust.
For
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.
Psalm 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalm 89:47
Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
General references
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged?