Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

Bible References

Though

Genesis 5:5
So Adam’s life lasted 930 years; then he died.
Isaiah 65:22
They will not build and others live in them;
they will not plant and others eat.
For My people’s lives will be
like the lifetime of a tree.
My chosen ones will fully enjoy
the work of their hands.

Yet

Ecclesiastes 6:3
A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
Job 7:7
Remember that my life is but a breath.
My eye will never again see anything good.
Psalm 4:6
Many are saying, “Who can show us anything good?”
Look on us with favor, Lord.
Psalm 34:12
Who is the man who delights in life,
loving a long life to enjoy what is good?
Isaiah 65:20
In her, a nursing infant will no longer live
only a few days,
or an old man not live out his days.
Indeed, the youth will die at a hundred years,
and the one who misses a hundred years will be cursed.
Jeremiah 17:6
He will be like a juniper in the Arabah;
he cannot see when good comes
but dwells in the parched places in the wilderness,
in a salt land where no one lives.

Do

Ecclesiastes 3:20
All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Job 1:21
saying:

Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will leave this life.
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.
Job 30:23
Yes, I know that You will lead me to death—
the place appointed for all who live.
Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment

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