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
but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
Job 7:6 My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;
they come to an end without hope.
they come to an end without hope.
Job 9:25 My days fly by faster than a runner;
they flee without seeing any good.
they flee without seeing any good.
Job 14:1 Man born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.
is short of days and full of trouble.
Psalm 39:5 You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.Selah
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.
Psalm 89:47 Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?
Have You created everyone for nothing?
Psalm 90:5 You end their lives; they sleep.
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
Psalm 102:3 For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.
and my bones burn like a furnace.
Isaiah 38:12 My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
like a shepherd’s tent.
I have rolled up my life like a weaver;
He cuts me off from the loom.
You make an end of me from day until night.
like a shepherd’s tent.
I have rolled up my life like a weaver;
He cuts me off from the loom.
You make an end of me from day until night.
1 Peter 1:24
For
All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory like a flower of the grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
and all its glory
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
1 Peter 4:7
Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer.
1 John 2:17
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever.