Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
As nothing
General references
Bible References
Behold
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.
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.”
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.
Job 9:25 My days fly by faster than a runner;
they flee without seeing any good.
they flee without seeing any good.
Job 14:1 Man born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.
is short of days and full of trouble.
James 4:14
You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.
As nothing
Psalm 89:47 Remember how short my life is.
Have You created everyone for nothing?
Have You created everyone for nothing?
2 Peter 3:8
Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
Verily
Psalm 39:11 You discipline a man with punishment for sin,
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.Selah
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every 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 144:4 Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.
his days are like a passing shadow.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Ecclesiastes 2:11
When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Isaiah 40:17 All the nations are as nothing before Him;
they are considered by Him
as nothingness and emptiness.
they are considered by Him
as nothingness and emptiness.
General references
Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Isaiah 40:30 Youths may faint and grow weary,
and young men stumble and fall,
and young men stumble and fall,