Job 7:6
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
Job 9:25
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Job 17:15
Where now is my hope?
And who regards or considers or is even concerned about my hope?
Job 17:11
“My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated and torn apart;
The wishes of my heart [are broken].
Job 6:11
“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?
Job 13:15
“Even though He kills me;
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face.
Job 16:22
“For when a few years are past,
I shall go the way of no return.
Psalm 90:5-6
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];
In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—
Psalm 102:11
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
Psalm 103:15-16
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.
Isaiah 38:12-13
“My dwelling (body) is pulled up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent;
I have rolled up my life as a weaver [rolls up the finished web].
He cuts me free from the warp [of the loom];
From day to night You bring me to an end.
Isaiah 40:6-7
A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.
Jeremiah 2:25
“[Cease your mad running after idols to]
Keep your feet from becoming bare
And your throat from becoming dry;
But you said, ‘It is hopeless!
For I have loved strangers and foreign gods,
And I will walk after them.’
Ephesians 2:12
remember that at that time you were separated from Christ [excluded from any relationship with Him], alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise [with no share in the sacred Messianic promise and without knowledge of God’s agreements], having no hope [in His promise] and [living] in the world without God.
James 1:11
For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; its flower falls off and
James 4:14
1 Peter 1:13
So prepare your minds for action, be completely sober [in spirit—steadfast, self-disciplined, spiritually and morally alert], fix your hope completely on the grace [of God] that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 1:24
For,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Swifter
Without hope
Bible References
Swifter
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
“For when a few years are past,
I shall go the way of no return.
“My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated and torn apart;
The wishes of my heart [are broken].
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];
In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
“My dwelling (body) is pulled up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent;
I have rolled up my life as a weaver [rolls up the finished web].
He cuts me free from the warp [of the loom];
From day to night You bring me to an end.
A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
Without hope
“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?
Where now is my hope?
And who regards or considers or is even concerned about my hope?
The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.
“[Cease your mad running after idols to]
Keep your feet from becoming bare
And your throat from becoming dry;
But you said, ‘It is hopeless!
For I have loved strangers and foreign gods,
And I will walk after them.’