Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Swifter
Without hope
Bible References
Swifter
Job 9:25
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They vanish, they see no good.
Job 16:22
“For when a few years are past,
I shall go the way of no return.
“For when a few years are past,
I shall go the way of no return.
Job 17:11
“My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated and torn apart;
The wishes of my heart [are broken].
“My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated and torn apart;
The wishes of my heart [are broken].
Psalm 90:5
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—
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.
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
As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
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.
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Isaiah 38:12
“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.
“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
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.
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.
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.
James 4:14 Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].
1 Peter 1:24
For,“All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
Without hope
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?
“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 17:15
Where now is my hope?
And who regards or considers or is even concerned about my hope?
Where now is my hope?
And who regards or considers or is even concerned about my hope?
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.
The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.
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.’
“[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.
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.