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 make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
Psalm 62:9
Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
Psalm 89:47
Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?
Job 4:19
how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
Job 14:1
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Futile! Futile!" laments the Teacher, "Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!"
Ecclesiastes 12:8
"Absolutely futile!" laments the Teacher, "All of these things are futile!"
His days
Psalm 102:11
My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.
Psalm 103:15
A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
Psalm 109:23
I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.
2 Samuel 14:14
Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.
Job 8:9
For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.
General references
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Futile! Futile!" laments the Teacher, "Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!"