Psalm 49:12
But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 39:5
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Psalm 49:20
A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 82:7
“Nevertheless you will die like men
And fall like any one of the princes.”
Ecclesiastes 3:18-21
I said to myself regarding the sons of men, “God is surely testing them in order for them to see that [by themselves, without God] they are [only] animals.”
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also does not know his time [of death]; like fish caught in a treacherous net, and birds caught in the snare, so the sons of men are ensnared in an evil time when a dark cloud suddenly falls on them.
James 1:10-11
and the rich man is to glory in being humbled [by trials revealing human frailty, knowing true riches are found in the grace of God], for like the flower of the grass he will pass away.
1 Peter 1:24
For,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
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In honour
General references
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In honour
A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
“Nevertheless you will die like men
And fall like any one of the princes.”
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
Beasts
General references
The Lord knows the thoughts of man,
That they are a mere breath (vain, empty, futile).