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 a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.
Job 7:6
My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.
Job 9:25
"My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.
Job 14:1
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
Psalm 39:5
Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude
Psalm 89:47
Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!
Psalm 90:5
You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.
Psalm 102:3
For my days are vanishing like smoke; my bones are charred as in a fireplace.
Isaiah 38:12
My house has been plucked up and vanishes from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver, I've taken account of my life, and he cuts me off from the loom day and night you make an end of me.
1 Peter 1:24
For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,
1 Peter 4:7
Because everything will soon come to an end, be sensible and clear-headed, so you can pray.
1 John 2:17
And the world and its desires are fading away, but the person who does God's will remains forever.