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 is no remembrance of a wise man, more than of a dullard, unto times age-abiding, - seeing that, already, in the days to come, all hath been forgotten, how then cometh it that the wise man dieth equally with the dullard?
Psalm 49:12
But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word - Beasts, they resemble:
Psalm 92:6
A man that is brutish, cannot know, And, dullard, cannot discern this: -
As the
2 Samuel 14:14
For, when we, die, we become as water poured on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again, - therefore doth God not take away the life, but deviseth plans so as not to thrust out from him, a fugitive.
Job 14:10
Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?
Psalm 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed, Thou withdrawest their spirit, They cease to breathe, And, unto their own dust, do they return:
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Ecclesiastes 2:20
Then resolved I, to give my heart over to despair, - concerning all the toil, wherein I had toiled, under the sun.
Psalm 39:5
Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee, - Surely, a mere breath, are all men, even such as stand firm. Selah.
Psalm 89:47
Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities! saith the Proclaimer, vanity of vanities! all, is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
Seeing there are things in abundance which make vanity abound, what profit hath man?