Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
His days
General references
Bible References
Man
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 62:9 Men are only a vapor;
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
Psalm 89:47 Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?
Have You created everyone for nothing?
Job 4:19 how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
Job 14:1 Man born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.
is short of days and full of trouble.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Ecclesiastes 12:8
“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”
His days
Psalm 102:11 My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.
and I wither away like grass.
Psalm 103:15 As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;
he blooms like a flower of the field;
Psalm 109:23 I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.
I am shaken off like a locust.
2 Samuel 14:14
We will certainly die and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; He would devise plans so that the one banished from Him does not remain banished.
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.
Job 8:9 since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.
General references
Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”