Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
General references
Bible References
We are but
Job 7:6 My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;
they come to an end without hope.
they come to an end without hope.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
Psalm 39:5 You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.Selah
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.
Psalm 90:4 For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.
Psalm 102:11 My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.
and I wither away like grass.
Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.
his days are like a passing shadow.
General references
Job 32:7 I thought that age should speak
and maturity should teach wisdom.
and maturity should teach wisdom.