Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Bible References

Swifter

Job 7:6
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.
Esther 8:14
So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.

They flee away

Psalm 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
Psalm 89:47
Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
Psalm 90:9
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
James 4:14
whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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