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 of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
Psalm 49:12
But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
As the
2 Samuel 14:14
For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
Job 14:10
But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Psalm 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.
For
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
Psalm 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
Psalm 89:47
Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
General references
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?