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 the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? 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 this.
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; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
Job 14:10
But man dieth, and wasteth away: 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 went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Psalm 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalm 89:47
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
General references
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?