Job 14:19


Water wears away the stones,
Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,
So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.

Genesis 6:17

For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all life under the heavens in which there is the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.

Genesis 7:21-23

All living beings that moved on the earth perished—birds and cattle (domestic animals), [wild] animals, all things that swarm and crawl on the earth, and all mankind.

Job 7:6


“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.

Job 19:10


“He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

Job 27:8


“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?

Psalm 30:6-7


As for me, in my prosperity I said,
“I shall never be moved.”

Ezekiel 37:11

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’

Luke 12:19-20

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things stored up, [enough] for many years; rest and relax, eat, drink and be merry (celebrate continually).”’

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Bible References

Washest

Genesis 6:17
For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all life under the heavens in which there is the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.
Genesis 7:21
All living beings that moved on the earth perished—birds and cattle (domestic animals), [wild] animals, all things that swarm and crawl on the earth, and all mankind.

Destroyest

Job 19:10

“He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
Job 27:8

“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
Psalm 30:6

As for me, in my prosperity I said,
“I shall never be moved.”
Ezekiel 37:11
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’
Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things stored up, [enough] for many years; rest and relax, eat, drink and be merry (celebrate continually).”’