Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

Understandeth

Bible References

Man

Psalm 49:12
But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
Esther 5:11
And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Understandeth

Job 4:21
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

Is like

Psalm 73:18
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.

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