Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Excellency
Bible References
Excellency
Psalm 39:5
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shallbe for Sheol to consume,
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
Death will be their shepherd;
And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,
And their form and beauty shall
So that they have no dwelling [on earth].
Psalm 146:3
Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Isaiah 14:16
“Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will consider you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
“Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will consider you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
Luke 16:22 Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried.
James 1:11
For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; its flower falls off and its beauty fades away; so too will the rich man, in the midst of his pursuits, fade away.
Die
Job 36:12
“But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments]
And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge.
“But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments]
And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge.
Psalm 49:20
A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.
A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.
Isaiah 2:22
Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?
Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?
Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own all the things you have prepared?’