Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Bible References

A vapour

James 1:10
and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.
Job 7:6
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And come to an end without hope.
Job 9:25
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.
Job 14:1
Man, who is born of woman,
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
Psalm 39:5
“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.
Psalm 89:47
Remember what my span of life is;
For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!
Psalm 90:5
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;
In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.
Psalm 102:3
For my days have been consumed in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
Isaiah 38:12
“Like a shepherd’s tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me;
As a weaver I rolled up my life.
He cuts me off from the loom;
From day until night You make an end of me.
1 Peter 1:24
For,
All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,
1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.
1 John 2:17
The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.