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
Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude
Psalm 62:9
Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.
Psalm 89:47
Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!
Job 4:19
how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?
Job 14:1
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless."
Ecclesiastes 12:8
"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Everything is pointless."
His days
Psalm 102:11
My life is like a declining shadow, and I am withering like a plant.
Psalm 103:15
A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers,
Psalm 109:23
I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust.
2 Samuel 14:14
After all, even though we all die, and we're all like water being spilled on the ground that cannot be recovered, nevertheless God doesn't take away life, but carries out his plans so as not to cast away permanently from him those who are presently estranged.
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are aliens and vagrants in your presence, as were all of our ancestors. Our days on the earth pass away like shadows, and we have no hope.
Job 8:9
Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But things will not go well for the wicked person: he will not lengthen his life like a shadow, since he has no fear before God.
General references
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless."