Job 21:21

For what do they care for their household after them, when the number of their months is cut off in death?

Job 14:5

Man's days are determined. You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.

Job 14:21

His sons are honored and he does not know it. They are brought low and he does not see it.

Psalm 55:23

But You, O God, will bring them down to the corruption of the grave. Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

Psalm 102:24

I say: O my God, do not take me away in the middle of my days, your years are throughout all generations.

Ecclesiastes 2:18-19

I hated all the work I had done under the sun, because I would leave it behind for the man who comes after me.

Luke 16:27-28

The rich man said: I beg you, father Abraham, send Lazarus to my father's house.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

General references

Bible References

For what

Job 14:21
His sons are honored and he does not know it. They are brought low and he does not see it.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
I hated all the work I had done under the sun, because I would leave it behind for the man who comes after me.
Luke 16:27
The rich man said: I beg you, father Abraham, send Lazarus to my father's house.

The number

Job 14:5
Man's days are determined. You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the corruption of the grave. Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
Psalm 102:24
I say: O my God, do not take me away in the middle of my days, your years are throughout all generations.

General references

Deuteronomy 21:7
They will answer: 'Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did we see it.