Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Who knoweth
The days of his vain life
For who can
General references
Bible References
Who knoweth
Ecclesiastes 2:3
I also {explored} {the effects of indulging my flesh} with wine. My mind guiding me with wisdom, {I investigated} folly so that I might discover what [is] good under heaven for {humans} to do {during the days of their lives}.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Now that all has been heard, here is the final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
Psalm 4:6
Many are saying, "Who will show us [something] good?" Lift up over us the light of your face, O Yahweh.
Psalm 16:5
Yahweh [is] the portion [which is] my share and my cup. You hold my lot.
Psalm 17:15
[By contrast,] I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied [seeing] your form.
Psalm 47:4
He chooses for us our inheritance, the pride of Jacob whom he loves.
Lamentations 3:24
"Yahweh is my portion," says my soul, "Thus I will hope on him."
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O mortal, what [is] good, and what does Yahweh ask from you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
The days of his vain life
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not prolong [their] days, like the shadow; because there is no fearing {God's presence}.
Ecclesiastes 9:6
What they loved and hated, as well as what they desired, has already perished. They no longer have any share in what is done under the sun.
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we [are] strangers before you and sojourners like all our ancestors. Our days [are] like the shadow upon earth, and there is no hope [of abiding].
Job 8:9
for we [are of] yesterday, and we do not know, for our days on earth [are] a shadow.
Job 14:2
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
Psalm 39:5
Look, you have made my days [mere] handbreadths, and my lifespan as nothing next to you. Surely every person standing firm [is] complete vanity. Selah
Psalm 89:47
Remember what my lifespan [is]. [Remember] for what vanity you have created all [the] children of humankind.
Psalm 90:10
As for the days of our years, within them [are] seventy years or if by strength eighty years, and their pride [is] trouble and disaster, for it passes quickly and we fly [away].
Psalm 102:11
My days [are] like a lengthened shadow, and I wither like grass.
Psalm 109:23
Like a lengthening shadow I am passing away; I am shaken off like a locust.
Psalm 144:4
Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.
James 4:14
you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.
For who can
Ecclesiastes 3:22
So I concluded that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy [the fruit of] his labor, for this is his lot in life. {For no one knows what will happen in the future.}
Ecclesiastes 8:7
Surely no one knows what will be, so who can tell anyone what will happen?
Job 14:21
His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.
General references
Ecclesiastes 12:8
"Vanity of vanity!" says the Teacher. "Everything [is] vanity!"